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Khaleda will visit Sylhet shrines on Monday before verdict in graft case
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal and Hazrat Shah Paran in Sylhet ahead of the upcoming verdict in a graft case against her. The verdict is due on Feb 8.
Published : 3 Feb 2018, 03:22 PM
Updated : 3 Feb 2018, 03:22 PM
After her meeting with the Executive Committee at a Dhaka hotel on Saturday, Vice-Chairmen Barkatullah Bulu and Mir Nasir announced the planned tour of Khaleda.
They told reporters that the former prime minister would take the trip to Sylhet to offer prayers at the shrines on Monday.
Awami League chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad started their election campaigns by visiting the shrines on Jan 30 and Feb 1 respectively.
The next general election is scheduled to be held by the end of this year.
Khaleda visited Sylhet for the last time in October 2013, before the 10th parliamentary elections.
She had addressed a rally at Alia Madrasa ground during the trip.
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