Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to embark on a hectic two-day tour of Sylhet tonight (Wednesday) to formally begin his party's election campaign for the 13th national parliamentary election, following the party's long-standing tradition.

"Since the election campaign is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Thursday) as per the announced timetable, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is going to launch it through a visit to Sylhet. He will reach Sylhet by air at 8:15pm tonight," said BNP Election Steering Committee spokesperson Mahdi Amin.

After reaching Sylhet, he said, the BNP Chairman will visit the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) late at night and offer fateha there.

Mahdi, who is also an adviser to the BNP Chairman, shared the ...