Dhaka, April 5 -- The BNP Standing Committee on Saturday night discussed holding the party's next national council and expanding its political and organisational activities.

"We discussed how we can quickly move the party towards a council in the near future in order to further expand our political and organisational activities," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

He made the remarks while talking to reporters after over a two-hour meeting of the party's Standing Committee at the party chairman's Gulshan office.

Fakhrul said the meeting also reviewed the 47-day programme taken by Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, and Standing Committee members shared their opinions and suggestions on various aspects o...