Khaleda invited to Armed Forces Day reception

The Armed Forces Division of the Chief Adviser’s Office has invited BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to attend a reception at Senakunja on Armed Forces Day.

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 on Tuesday night.

Contacted, BNP Standing Committee member and Khaleda Zia's personal physician, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, confirmed that the two military officers, along with their wives, visited the former Prime Minister at her Gulshan residence and delivered the invitation letter.

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 the reception.

He said army officials handed over the invitation letters to Khaleda Zia’s private secretary Abdus Sattar at her Gulshan office in the afternoon.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will be present as the chief guest at the reception at Senakunja on Thursday.

Armed Forces Day will be celebrated on November 21 with various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm, commemorating the establishment of the army, navy, and air force during the 1971 Liberation War.