The chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia has inaugurated party’s sixth national council at Institute of Engineer’s Bangladesh.The BNP chief arrived at the council venue around 10am and inaugurated the council at 10.48am on Saturday.BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir gave the welcome speech at the council.The party leaders, councilors and delegates showed respect to those died or killed since fifth council of the party till date by one-minute silence in standing.The inaugural session began through recitation of the verses from holy Quran. This session will end with the speech of the party chief and followed by lunch. The second and important session of the council is scheduled to start at 3 pm.LDP Chairman Oli Ahmed, eminent lawyer Barrister Rafiqul Huq, former vice chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and freedom fighter Zafrullah Chowdhury also attended the council.Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP began gathering in front of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh to attend the party’s sixth council since morning.