Zia`s birth anniv observed

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UNB, Dhaka :
BNP and its associate bodies celebrated the 82nd birth anniversary of their party founder Ziaur Rahman across the country with various programmes on Friday.
BNP leaders and activists, led by party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, placed wreaths at Zia’s grave at the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar around 11:15am, marking the day.
Khaleda also offered a munajat there seeking salvation of the departed soul of Zia. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Mirza Abbas, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, and senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and other leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies were present. Born on January 19, 1936 at Bagbari in Bogra, Ziaur Rahman founded BNP in 1978 and become the country’s 7th president.
BNP and its associate bodies also chalked out a weeklong programme to observe the day in a befitting manner.
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