A three-member BNP delegation, including Zaima Rahman, daughter of Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, met former South Carolina Governor David Beasley in Washington on Wednesday.
The meeting took place ahead of the National Prayer Breakfast, a significant annual event hosted by the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation, BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan confirmed.
Zaima travelled to Washington from London on Tuesday, representing her father, while BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury arrived in the USA on Sunday for the event.
Zaima Rahman reaches Washington to attend National Prayer Breakfast
The BNP delegation is scheduled to attend a dinner party on Wednesday night, followed by the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday.
Governor Beasley, a key figure in the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation, has long been a friend of Bangladesh.
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His remarkable contributions through the World Food Programme (WFP) have provided crucial assistance to Rohingya refugees in Chittagong.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the WFP in 2023 and has previously visited Bangladesh.