UNB, Dhaka :
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday hosted an Iftar party for the foreign diplomatists working in Bangladesh.
Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister, exchanged pleasantries with the invited guests at the Iftar party at a city hotel. It was followed by dinner.
The BNP chief took Iftar flanked by Dean of Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of State of Palestine in Dhaka Shaher Mohammad, Saudi Ambassador Dr Abdullah Bin Naser Al Busaire, US Ambassador Dan W Mozena, British High Commissioner Robert Gibson, EU Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna, his wife Paola Fornari Hanna, Egypt Ambassador Mahmoud Ezzat, Nepal Ambassador Hari Kumar Shrestha and BNP vice chairman and former Foreign Minister M Mosrshed Khan.
Ambassadors, high commissioners, mission chiefs and other envoys from 42 countries, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Oman, Norway, Turkey, Qatar and Indonesia, attended the party.
Senior BNP leaders, including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Dr RA Gani, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Barrister, Jamiruddin Sircar, Tariqul Islam, Sarwari Rahman, ASM Hannan Shah, Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Mirza Abbas, and BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, chairperson’s advisers Reaz Rahman, Sabihuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Mir Nasir, Inam Ahmed, ex-DU VC Prof Dr Imajuddin Ahmed, former Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Prof Dilara Chowdhury, Prof Pias Karim, Supreme Court Bar Association President Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Dr. Shahdeen Malik, senior journalist Shafique Rehman and Mahfuz Ullah, were, among others, present at the party.
