Khaleda flies to London tonight

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will fly for London tonight for eye treatment.

She will board an Emirates flight at 9:30pm at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, said Syrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP chief's media wing.

She will be accompanied by her adviser Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, personal secretary Abdus Sattar and a domestic help, he said.

The visit would be a significant one, as the party chief would discuss crucial political issues with her elder son and party senior vice chairperson Tarique Rahman, who has been staying in London since 2008, party insiders said.

They said Khaleda would stay in Tarique's house in East London. The wife and daughters of her younger son Koko would also fly to London later to celebrate Eid there.

During the visit, Khaleda would take Tarique's opinion on the formation of party's standing committee, executive body and committees of different associate organisations, and then make the final decision, according to BNP sources.

She would also discuss with him the issue of amending the party charter to create a new body for pro-BNP intellectuals, they said.