Sylhet city flooded with banners, posters

Ahead of the upcoming visit of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to Sylhet on October 5, the city got a new look with posters, banners and billboards set up at roadside.
Particularly, the feature from Rikabibazar to Chouhatta road has become different with the billboards which were placed during the last three days over the rally.
The colourful banners, welcoming the opposition leader, are fixed at roadside and with electric poles.
Besides, over 1,000 arches have been set up on the streets.
The banners and posters are carrying the portraits of BNP and its front organisation leaders in the region alongside of the party founder Ziaur Rahman, and Khaleda Zia.
Besides, some used the portrait of Khaleda’s son Tarique Rahman. A good number of billboards are also placed by new aspirants for the upcoming JS polls.
Most of the billboards are of the city Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP Vice Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and former lawmakers Dilder Hossain Selim and Kolim Uddin Ahmed Milon.
Meanwhile, a number of posters have been set up demanding whereabouts of the district BNP President and Central Organising Secretary Ilias Ali, also former lawmaker, who had gone missing on 17 April last year.
Ali Ahmed, organising secretary of the district BNP, said the city and district BNP had placed about 100 arches.
Nur Azizur Rahman, the city corporation’s chief engineer, said some of the party leaders verbally informed them of placing the billboards.