The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

BNP chairperson and leader of the four party alliance Begum Khaleda Zia said yesterday that her party would start preparation for the upcoming parliamentary elections after Eid-ul- Fitr.

"BNP will participate in the elections and we are going to start mass contact as well as the nomination process after the Eid festival," she said while talking to the journalists at an Iftar Mahfil jointly hosted by Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the auditorium of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

Replying to a question on the election Begum Zia said a positive atmosphere regarding the election is prevailing in the country.

She also said discussion will also be held with the components of the four party alliance on the election strategy.

Begum Zia conveyed her greetings and felicitations to the people of the country on the eve of the Eid festival and wished their continued peace and prosperity.

It was also attended, among others, by Kondoker Delwar Hossain, Secretary General, M Shamsul Islam and Lt. Gen. (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman, standing committee members , MK Anwar, former ministers and Rizi Ahmed, office secretary of BNP, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed, Secretary General of Jamaat-e- Islami Bangladesh, Shawkat Mahmud, President and Kamal Uddin Ahmed Sabuj, General Secretary of Jatiya Press Club, Ruhul Amin Gazi, General Secretary of BFUJ, Abdus Shahid, President and Mohammad Baker Hossain, General Secretary of DUJ, Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Golam Tahaboor of UNB, Alamgir Mohiuddin, Editor, The Neya Diganta, Reazuddin Ahmed, Editor, The News Today, Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Editor, The New Nation, Abdul Asad, Editor, The Daily Sangram, AAM Bahauddin, Editor, The Daily Inqilab, Amanullah Kabir, Ataus Samad, Acting Editor, The Amar Desh, SMA Faiz, Vice Chancellor (VC) of Dhaka University.

Meanwhile after attending the programme at Jatiya Press Club, BNP Chairperson went to the Mazar of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. She offered munajat. She was accompanied by party leaders.