Khaleda invites Hasina for Iftar

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has invited Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina to an Iftar party. The party for politicians at the International Convention City in the capital’s Bashundhara is scheduled for Sunday. A BNP delegation led by its spokesperson and International Affairs Secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon handed the invitation at the Awami League chief’s Dhanmondi office on Monday. The ruling party’s Deputy Office Secretary Mrinal Kanti Das and Assistant Office Secretary Abdul Majid received the invitation. The BNP International Affairs Secretary later told reporters that they hope the Awami League president will attend the Iftar party. “We hope that politicians meeting up at such a social event would send a positive message to the people”, said Asaduzzaman Ripon. The heads of the two largest political parties have not met for quite some time now, but both of them exchange greeting cards during Eid and invite each other for Iftar parties every year, according to a news agency.