DHAKA: Opposition leader Khaleda Zia, also BNP chairperson, is going to visit Chittagong, the port city off the country, to distribute relief among the victim of landslide on Saturday morning.
Press Secretary to Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel made the disclosure to banglanews Thursday.
He said the former prime minster of the country would stay at Chittagong Circuit House. She would leave Chittagong for Feni on Sunday morning.
The BNP chief would return Dhaka in the afternoon after distributing relief among the flood affected people in Feni
Besides, the death toll in landslides, electrocution and lightning incidents in three districts of rain-drenched Chittagong division rose to 111 Thursday.
Our Chittagong correspondent reports: At least 29 people were killed in separate landslides, electrocution, wall-collapse and drowning incidents that were triggered by incessant rainfall in different areas of the district.
Besides, the fire fighters declared the end of rescue operation after the recovery of the body of Banu Akter, 30, in Akbar Shah Mazar area on Thursday morning.
BDST: 0220 HRS, JUN 29, 2012
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