The government invited seven leaders of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to join the inauguration ceremony of the much-awaited Padma Bridge, scheduled to be held on June 25.

Dulal Chandra Sutradhar, a deputy secretary of the Bridges Division of the road transport and bridges ministry, handed over the invitation cards to BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at party's Naya Paltan central office on Wednesday morning.

The BNP leaders including secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moin Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan and vice-chairman Hafiz Uddin Khan were given the cards. 

The Awami League (AL) on the day of the long-awaited Padma Bridge's inauguration on June 25, expects around ten lakh people to join the rally to make it a grand success.

BDST: 1606 HRS, JUNE 22, 2022
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