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Tarique, Fakhrul invited to US prayer breakfast: BNP

Diplomatic Correspondent, dhakadiplomat.com
  11 Jan 2025, 21:05

The US government has invited BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, its Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury to attend the National Prayer Breakfast led by the US Congress.
BNP in a media statement said the three top BNP leaders have been invited to the National Prayer Breakfast, which is attended by some 3,500 guests, including international invitees from over 100 countries.
"BNP secretary general has received the invitation," it said.
The annual event, which will be held in Washington, DC on February 5-6, comprises a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners and has taken place since 1953.
It is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and pray together.
Republican Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on 20 January.

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