Khaleda Zia going to Senakunja tomorrow

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to attend the reception at Senakunja on Armed Forces Day on Thursday afternoon (21 November).

She is scheduled to leave for Senakunja at 3:00pm from her Gulshan residence tomorrow.

BNP chairperson’s private secretary ABM Abdus Sattar confirmed the matter on Wednesday.

This will be Khaleda Zia's first participation in a state function since her imprisonment in February 2018. She last attended the reception in 2012.  

Earlier, on Tuesday night, the Armed Forces Division of the Chief Adviser's Office invited Khaleda, also a three-time former prime minister, to attend the reception at Senakunja.

Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim and Principal Staff Officer (PSO) Lieutenant General ASM Kamrul Ahsan handed over the invitation letter to Khaleda.

BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan said 26 other BNP leaders, including acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other senior leaders, have also been invited to attend the reception.

Armed Forces Day will be celebrated tomorrow with various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm, commemorating the establishment of the army, navy, and air force during the 1971 Liberation War.