BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in Saudi Arabia, performed Umrah at the holy Kaba Sharif in Makkah early Thursday.
Khaleda, also leader of the opposition in parliament, along with her entourage started performing the Umrah after taking sehri around 3pm (Saudi time), her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told UNB.
Later, she offered Fajr prayers at Masjid Al-Haram and prayed for the peace, progress and prosperity of Bangladesh and its people as well as the unity and solidarity of the Muslim Ummah.
Earlier, the BNP chief left Madinah for Makkah in a domestic flight on Wednesday night.
She will be staying at a royal place in Makkah.
Earlier on Sunday, Khaleda offered Jiarat at the holy Rowja Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) in Medina.
The BNP chairperson left Dhaka for Saudi Arabia in a regular flight of Emirates Airlines at about 7:20pm on July 27.
Her younger brother Shamim Eskander, his wife Kaniz Fatema, BNP vice chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, private secretary ASM Saleh Ahmed and photographer Nuruddin Ahmed are accompanying the opposition leader during her visit.
She is scheduled to return home on August 6.
Source: UNB Connect
