Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to announce the party's election manifesto for the 13th parliamentary election on Friday.

BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan said the manifesto will be unveiled at 3:30pm at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital.

He said party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will preside over the programme while Nazrul Islam Khan, a standing committee member and chairman of the party's central election steering committee, will conduct the programme.

Diplomats and intellectuals and noted citizens and prominent figures from various professional groups have been invited to the programme.

Tarique Rahman is leading the BNP in this parliamentary election, making it the first time he will formal...