Advisory Council calls meeting as Khaleda Zia passes away; Fakhrul invited
Invitation extended by CA Muhammad Yunus.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been invited to attend an Advisory Council meeting at the state guesthouse Jamuna, the official residence of Chief Adviser (CA) Muhammad Yunus.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:30am today (30 December). The invitation was extended by CA Yunus, according to a statement issued by the BNP Media Cell.
It stated that Fakhrul has already departed from Evercare Hospital to join the meeting.
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Earlier in the morning, Khaleda, 80, the BNP chairperson and a three-time prime minister, breathed her last at around 6am while undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has expressed profound grief at her death, saying the nation has lost one of its "great guardians."
