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Where will Top Political Leaders be on Eid Day? |
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Sunday, 20 September 2009 |
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The country's top leaders, including Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, will observe this Eid-ul-Fitr in the capital if it takes place on Monday.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will leave for the USA on Monday night, while president Zillur Rahman will fly for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia returned home on Saturday morning after Umrah in Saudi Arabia and will spend the festival without her sons. Tarique Rahman will observe Eid with his family in London while Coco in Bangkok. Both of them have been seeking medical treatment abroad since last year.
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad and Bikalpadhara Bangladesh president Badarudduza Chowdhury will also be in Dhaka during Eid.
Speaker Abdul Hamid will say his Eid prayers in Dhaka and leave for his constituency in the afternoon, whereas LGRD minister and party general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam will come to Dhaka to see off the prime minister after joining Eid prayers at Kishorganj if the Eid-ul-Fitr takes place on Monday.
Moreover, the senior Awami League leaders, including Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Motia Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Abdur Razzaque, Sahara Khatun and Sheikh Selim will also be in Dhaka during the festival.
BNP leaders Khandaker Delwar Hossain, RA Gani and Khandaker Mahabubuddin Ahmed, CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim and Workers' Party president Rashed Khan Menon will be in the capital during Eid.
Finance minister AMA Muhith, chief whip Abdus Shahid, AL leaders Tofael Ahmed, Obaydul Kader and BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury will observe Eid in their respective constituencies.
AL member of the advisory committee Abdul Jalil, foreign minister Dipu Moni, BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, JSD president Hasanul Haque Inu and Islami Oikkyojote president Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini will be abroad during the Eid festivals.
Source: bdnews24.com
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