Khaleda to sit with 19-party leaders tonight

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with top leaders of the 19-party alliance tonight (Thursday night) to discuss the country’s latest political situation and finalise their next course of action. The meeting is scheduled to begin around 9:30pm with Khaleda Zia in the chair at her Gulshan office, her media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB. Party sources said the BNP chief will elaborately discuss the country’s latest political situation and seek the alliance leaders’ opinions about the next possible anti-government campaign. She will also convey the 19-party leaders about the decisions of the BNP standing committee they have taken last week at another meeting with her. Before the meeting with the alliance partners, Khaleda is also scheduled to hold a meeting with Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima. — UNB, Dhaka.