BNP executive committee to meet on Saturday ahead of Khaleda's verdict

BNP national executive committee is going to hold its first meeting on Saturday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) as a Dhaka court gears up to deliver it’s verdict against the party chairperson Khaleda Zia on February 8 in a corruption case. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan central office on Monday, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the meeting is scheduled to begin at 10am and will continue until 5pm. He said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will convene the meeting in consultation with the party chairperson Khaleda Zia. Rizvi said a notice has already been sent to all the 502 executive committee members asking them to be present at the meeting. BNP formed its 502-member national executive committee on August 6, 2016 over four and a half months after its national council held on March 19. A special court in Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 8 to deliver its verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against Khaleda and five others. Khaleda will be disqualified for the next general election if she is convicted in the case.