BANGLADESH

Missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali's wife met his party chief again on Wednesday.

Tahsina Rushdir Luna had also met Khaleda Zia on May 3.

Khaleda's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told that she went to the opposition chief's office at Gulshan around 9pm and was there for more than one hour.

Khaleda's aide added that Luna went to the party chairperson's Gulshan office alone.

Luna had previously called on Khaleda on Apr 21 following the disappearance of her husband.

Ilias, one of the organising secretaries of BNP and a former MP from Sylhet, and his driver went missing in the early hours of Apr 18. His car was found abandoned in the capital's Mohakhali area.

BNP has been alleging that 'government agencies picked him up', but the government has been refuting the allegation, saying it was a 'drama staged by the BNP'.

The Rapid Action Battalion and police have raided several places at Pubail in Gazipur and Dhaka in search of Ilias, but to no avail.