Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has set out for Senakunja in the Dhaka Cantonment, guarded by the army protocol, to attend the Armed Forces Day reception after 12 years.

She left her Gulshan residence 'Feroza' in a white Pajero jeep at 3:30pm on Thursday.

Military Police pilot cars went before her vehicle and an army ambulance came behind it.

The BNP chief is accompanied by her late son Arafat Rahman Coco's wife Sharmila Rahman, late brother Sayeed Iskander's wife Nasrin Ahmed, and younger brother Shamim Iskandar's wife Kaniz Fatema.

Khaleda's physician AZM Zahid Hossain, who is also a member of the BNP Standing Committee member, is also part of the convoy.

She is scheduled to attend the reception at Senakunja for the f...