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Barrister Zaima Rahman, daughter of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, will attend the 'National Prayer Breakfast' event in the United States on February 5-6.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury will leave Dhaka on Sunday evening to attend the event in the US, according to local media reports.
Tarique Rahman cannot attend the event himself, he is sending his daughter Zaima Rahman as a representative, said the BNP secretary general.
The National Prayer Breakfast is being held annually since 1953, and it is attended by the US President, Senators, Congressmen, businessmen, and dignitaries from over 100 countries.
The event is organised by a non-partisan organisation, National Prayer Breakfast Foundation. It is a special forum for political, social and business elites to come together, meet, discuss and pray together.
The foundation is very important in US policy-making and is dedicated to establishing world peace and brotherhood.