Khaleda Zia to visit Sylhet

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Sylhet on Monday, party sources say. “The former prime minister will come via road,” Ali Ahmed, the party’s district unit general secretary, told the Dhaka Tribune. He said he was informed about the party chief’s planned visit on Saturday morning. “She will visit the shrines of Shahjalal and Shahporan,” Ali said. “Khaleda Zia will spend the night in Sylhet.” The planned tour has boosted the morale of the party activists in the district, he added. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad went to Sylhet on January 30 and February 1 respectively. They kicked off their electoral campaign from there. Khaleda, too, is likely to start her party's campaign. She is awaiting a verdict in a corruption case which is scheduled to be pronounced on February 8.