BNP Chairperson and Opposition Leader in the parliament Begum Khaleda Zia will visit Sirajgonj to address a student rally here as the chief guest.

To mark the Shaheed Jehad Day, the rally will be held there and Khaleda Zia is scheduled to attend the rally from previous as the party Standing Committee meeting took the decision on September 21.

The rally will be organised at Sayedabad Rail-crossing premises at Ullahpara upazila in Sirajganj at about 2.30 pm, the party central office sources said.

A team of central leaders of BNP and its student wing Chhatra Dal have already arrived Sirajgonj to make the rally a success. They working for the rally from some days ago.

Shaheed Jehad was an activist of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing the BNP, was murdered on October 10 in 1990 during the movement against military ruler Ershad.