Dhaka, April 4 -- The BNP Standing Committee, the party's highest policymaking body, sat in a meeting on Saturday night at the party chairman's Gulshan office.

The meeting began around 8:40pm with BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku and Prof AZM Zahid Hossain joined the meeting in person.

Two other members Nazrul Islam Khan and Selima Rahman joined the meeting virtually.

Another Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore.

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