BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia goes to Sylhet on Monday as a special court is set to pronounce its verdict in a graft case against her.
"The BNP chief will go to Sylhet on Monday to offer fateha at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R)," Khaleda's media wing member Shamsuddin Didar told UNB on Saturday night.
He said Khaleda is scheduled to start her journey for Sylhet at 8am from her Gulshan residence, reports UNB.
Earlier in the morning, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said they were making a plan for their chairperson's Sylhet tour.
The Special Court-5 in Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 8 to deliver its verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against Khaleda and five others.
Khaleda will be disqualified for the next general election if she is convicted in the case.
Earlier, on January 30, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched her party's campaign from Sylhet for the upcoming national election slated for December this year.
The Prime Minister offered fateha at the shrines of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA), Hazrat Shah Paran (RA) and Hazrat Gazi Borhan Uddin (RA) in the city.
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad also formally launched his party's election campaign from there.
He also offered fateha at the shrine of Hazrat Shah Paran in the afternoon and left Sylhet after holding a meeting with local party leaders at the circuit house.