Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Zaima Rahman will represent her father Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the BNP, at the National Prayer Breakfast event in Washington DC.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will lead the three-member delegation at the event, which will be held from Feb 5 to Feb 6.

"National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event in the US. Our acting chairman Tarique Rahman has been invited to the event," Fakhrul told bdnews24.com.

"Mr Tarique cannot make it and his daughter Barrister Zaima Rahman will represent him. She will fly to Washington from London."

Fakhrul and BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury will take the Emirates Airlines flight at 6:30pm on Sunday, said BNP media cell member Shairul ...