BNP on Friday paid its last respects to the party's vice-chairman and first mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan, by placing wreaths on his coffin.

Mannan’s coffin was taken to BNP's Nayapaltan central office around 10.30am and kept on a stage, enabling party leaders and activists to have a last glimpse of their leader, who passed away on Thursday.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, along with party senior leaders, on behalf of the party, placed wreaths on the former Gazipur mayor’s coffin and draped it with a party flag as a mark of respect.

Later, leaders of BNP’s different associate bodies also placed wreaths on Mannan’s coffin.

In a brief address prior to a Janaza there, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir recalled the contributions of Mannan to BNP and the country. "The vacuum that created following the death of Mannan will not easily be filled."

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Fakhrul prayed for the salvation of the departed soul of the BNP leader and conveyed sympathy to the bereaved family.

Later, his second namaz-e-janaza was held there, participated by leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies.

Mannan died at United Hospital in the capital on Thursday afternoon.

His first janaza was held on Baridhara DOHS Mosque premises after Esa prayers.

He will be laid to rest at his family graveyard in Gazipur’s Salna village after Asr prayers.

Manna was elected mayor in the first Gazipur City Corporation polls in July 2013.

Joining BNP in 1978, Mannan was elected MP from Gazipur -1 constituency in 1991. He was inducted in Khaleda Zia’s cabinet in 1991 as a state minister for religious affairs and science and technology.