Central and different front leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday (January 19) paid rich tribute to Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, at his mausoleum in Sher-e Bangla Nagar in the capital to mark his 89th birth anniversary.
To mark the day, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, along with, other party leaders and activists paid homage placing floral wreaths at the mausoleum of Shahid President Ziaur Rahman, a Sector Commander of War of Liberation, at 11.30am.
Later, they offered fateha and munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of former president Zia also who proclaimed our independence.
Besides, they also offered doa seeking recovery of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia now undergoing treatment in the United Kingdom (UK).
A large number of BNP front leaders, activists, supporters and standing committee members including Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, BNP Vice president Advocate Azam Khan, BNP Chairperson`s adviser Joynul Abedin Faruque, Aman Ullah Aman, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon, Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, BNP leader Rafiqul Alam Majnu, Aminul Huq, SM Jahangir, Saiful Alam Nirob and Sultan Salauddin Tuku also attended the programme.
Later, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir talked with media at the mausoleum premises.
Ziaur Rahman was born on January 19, 1936 at Gabtoli in Bogura district. His nick name was Komol.
He declared independence from Kalurghat Betar Kendra (Radio Station) in Chattogram in 1971. Ziaur Rahman again came in frontline through the Sipoy-Janata Biplob (Soldiers and People`s Revolution) on November 7, 1975.
Zia became a statesman after lot of political changes. He had established Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP on September 1, 1978.
The party has taken a daylong programme to mark the birth anniversary of the former president.