Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has called BNP leaders and informed them that the Council of Advisers will discuss issues including state honour and burial of former PM and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday.
At a media briefing at Evercare Hospital, Fakhrul said the chief adviser would place the matter before a meeting of the Council of Advisers scheduled for 10am and the decisions would be coordinated with the government’s programmes thereafter.
He also said a meeting of the BNP Standing Committee would be held.
“The mother of democracy and our national guardian left us at 6am. This loss is irreparable. The nation will not be able to make up for it,” Fakhrul said.
He said Begum Khaleda Zia devoted her entire life to the people’s welfare and her death has created a political vacuum in the country.
Khaleda Zia, 80, breathed her last at 6am on Tuesday, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital.
