They include 28 vying for chairman, 24 for vice-chairman and 21 for vice-chairman’s seats reserved for women
Relatives meet Khaleda in jail
Members of Khaleda Zia’s extended family have met her in jail.
Published : 21 Sept 2018, 03:38 PM
Updated : 21 Sept 2018, 03:38 PM
They spent around an hour with the BNP chairperson at the old jailhouse on Nazimuddin Road in Dhaka from 4pm on Friday.
Those who met her are her sister Selima Islam, brother Shamim Eskander and his wife Fatima Kanij, their sons Avik Eskander and Anik Eskander, and Khaleda’s nephew Muhammad Mamun.
They declined to speak to journalists waiting outside the jail.
Khaleda has been in jail since Feb 8 after a court sentenced her to five years in prison for corruption in Zia Orphanage Trust.
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