DHAKA: BNP is set to form human chain countrywide Monday demanding unconditional release of the party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

She is now in jail as convicted in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8.

Besides, the party will also stage sit-in on Tuesday and observe hunger-strike on Wednesday across the country.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed made the announcement at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka this afternoon.

A Dhaka special court sentenced Khaleda Zia to five years' rigorous imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

BDST: 1808 HRS, FEB 10, 2018
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