Dhaka, August 12 (V7N) — The Chief Adviser of the interim government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, will hold a meeting with BNP senior leaders this afternoon.

BNP standing committee members, led by its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will join the meeting at the Chief Adviser’s residence at 4pm, said party media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

He said Dr Yunus invited the BNP leaders for the meeting.

This will be the first formal meeting between the head of the interim government and BNP leaders since its formation on August 8.

As former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country after resigning in the face of a student-led mass movement, the interim government is now under the leadership of Nobel-winning economist Professor Muhammad Yunus.

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