The 7th death anniversary of former finance minister and BNP leader M Saifur Rahman was observed on Monday with various programmes.
BNP arranged a milad and doa mahfil at its Nayapaltan central office after Asr prayers, marking the death anniversary. Leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies joined the programme.
They offended a munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of Saifur.
Earlier in the day, BNP leaders and activists placed wreaths at the grave of Saifur at Baharmardan village in Moulvibazar and offered fateha there. A doa and milad mahfil was arranged at his village home at noon followed by distribution of food among destitute.
Born at Baharmardan village in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila on October 6, 1932, Saifur was with BNP since its inception as an adviser to late president Ziaur Rahman. He went on to serve in Zia’s cabinet as the first commerce minister and then the finance minister.
A chartered accountant-turned politician, Saifur had a unique record of preparing 12 budgets since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971. He was elected to parliament for four times.
On September 5, 2009, Saifur, also a former BNP standing committee member, died in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at the age of 77.
