Former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia attended a reception at Senakunja in Dhaka Cantonment on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. Upon her arrival, she was received by Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman and Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan. According to BNP Standing Committee member and her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, Khaleda left her Gulshan residence 'Firoza' at 3:50 p.m. to attend the event. She was accompanied by her daughter-in-law Syeda Shamila Rahman Sithi, wife of her late son Arafat Rahman Koko. BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and several senior party leaders, including Mirza Abbas, Goyeshwar Chandra Roy, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, and Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, were also present. The reception, organized by the Chief Adviser’s Office, began at 4 p.m. and was broadcast live by Bangladesh Television.