Politics

Oikyafront leaders reach Sylhet

A delegation team of BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront have reached Sylhet to express their sympathy to the relatives of Balaganj upazila Chhatra Dal general secretary Sayem Ahmed Sohel who was killed in the violence during the 11th parliamentary elections held on December 30 last year. 

A Biman airlines flight carrying them from Dhaka landed at Sylhet MAG Osmani Airport on Monday at 11:30am.

Later on, the leaders led by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to graveyard of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) to offer ziarah.  

Krishak Shramik Janata League president Bangabeer Kader Siddiqui, Gono Forum executive president advocate Subrata Chowdhury, its General Secretary Mostofa Mohsin Montu, JSD president ASM Abdur Rab are in the team. 

The leaders will return to Dhaka in afternoon today after visiting the relatives of Sayem.