DHAKA: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has met with party chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail on Saturday afternoon (August 25).

Fakhrul entered Dhaka central jail in Nazimuddin road around 4:00pm, jail sources told Banglanews.

Earlier on Eid day (August 22), Fakhrul among several other BNP leaders were denied permission to meet Khaleda Zia in jail. However, six family members have met her that day. 

On February 8, a Dhaka court sentenced five years jail to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case. Following the verdict, she was taken to old central jail in Dhaka’s Nizamuddin area. Fakhrul met her in jail several times since then

BDST: 1750 HRS, AUG 25, 2018
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