Bangladesh: Khaleda hosts iftar party for diplomats

Dhaka, July 6, 2014 (New Age): The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday hosted an iftar party for the foreign diplomats in Dhaka. Khaleda, also former prime minister, exchanged pleasantries with the invited guests at the iftar party at Hotel Westin. It was followed by dinner. During iftar, the BNP chief was flanked by the dean of diplomatic corps, Shaher Mohammad, also the ambassador of State of Palestine in Dhaka, Saudi Arabian ambassador Abdullah Bin Naser Al Busaire, US ambassador Dan W Mozena, British high commissioner Robert Gibson, European Union ambassador to William Hanna, his wife Paola Fornari Hanna, Egypt ambassador Mahmoud Ezzat, Nepal ambassador Hari Kumar Shrestha and BNP vice-chairman M Mosrshed Khan, also former foreign minister. Ambassadors, high commissioners, mission chiefs and other envoys from different countries including India, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Oman, Norway, Turkey, Qatar and Indonesia, also attended the party. Senior BNP leaders, including acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members RA Gani, Moudud Ahmed, Jamiruddin Sircar, Tariqul Islam, Sarwari Rahman, ASM Hannan Shah, Rafiqul Islam Mia, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Mirza Abbas, and BNP vice-chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, chairperson’s advisers Reaz Rahman, Sabihuddin Ahmed, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Mir Nasir Uddin and Inam Ahmed, attended the iftar party.