BNP announces two-day programme on Ziaur Rahman's birth anniversary

Bangla Press Desk:   Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will observe the 90th birth anniversary of its founder, Ziaur Rahman, with a two-day programme beginning Monday (19 Jan), marking the occasion with due respect.

Former president Ziaur Rahman is remembered as the proclaimer of Bangladesh's independence, advocate of multi-party democracy and an architect of modern Bangladesh.

BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a press conference at the party's central office in Nayapaltan this afternoon.

Rizvi said that party leaders and activists from all levels, along with members of the BNP National Standing Committee, will lay wreaths and offer Fatiha at the mausoleum of Ziaur Rahman in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Monday at 11am.

Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB) will organise a medical camp as part of the birth anniversary activities, he added.

A discussion programme will be held at 11am on Tuesday (20 Jan), at the Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh (IDEB) auditorium in Kakrail. Senior BNP leaders and prominent national figures are scheduled to speak at the event.

To mark the occasion, BNP flags will be hoisted at the central office and all party offices nationwide on Monday.

Simultaneously, discussion meetings and dua mahfils will be organised by BNP and its allied organisations at district, metropolitan, upazila, and thana-level units across the country.

Posters have been prepared for the occasion and special supplements will be published in various national newspapers on Monday.

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