
BNP has announced a one-day program to observe the 89th birth anniversary of its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman on January 19.
Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the program after a joint meeting at the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Thursday.
The programs include placing wreaths at Zia's grave around 11 am and holding discussions at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in the capital around 2 pm.
The party has taken steps for publishing supplementary in the national newspapers on the occasion.
Apart from the central office, their party flags will be hoisted atop its offices across the country while various programmes, including discussions will be held in all districts, metropolitan cities, upazilas, thanas.
Ziaur Rahman was born in Gabtoli in Bogura district on Janaury 19, 1936.
MSH