Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- BNP on Sunday instructed its leaders and activists to accelerate the party's ongoing new membership drive.

The special directive was issued at a meeting held at the party's Nayapaltan central office to review the progress of the new membership registration and renewal programme, said a press release.

The release said the meeting, presided over by BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General and Convener of the new membership drive Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, asked the teams responsible for the programme to speed up their work and strengthen the drive.

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