The fourth death anniversary of BNP leader and former minister Tariqul Islam will be observed on Friday.
Also, the third death anniversary of the former mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice-chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka will be observed on the same day.
Jashore BNP and Tariqul Islam Smriti Sangsad have worked out various programmes, including discussion, doa mahfil and Qurankhwani, to mark the death anniversary of Tariqul.
Local BNP leaders and people from all walks of life will place wreaths at Tariqul's grave in Jashore and offer fateha there in the morning.
Jashore district unit of BNP will arrange doa mahfil at its office on the day seeking eternal peace of Tarequl's departed soul, said a press release.
Also, the Jashore district unit of BNP will organise a meeting in memory of Tariqul at BD Hall in the district town on Sunday. BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain will attend the programme as the chief guest.
On November 4, 2018, Tariqul died at Apollo Hospital in the capital at the age of 73. He was buried at Karbala graveyard in Jashore district town the following day.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir issued separate messages recalling the contributions of Tariqul and Khoka to the country and the party.
Meanwhile, Sadeque Hossain Khoka Parishad and BNP have taken various programmes, including placing wreaths, holding discussion, doa mahfil and Qurankhwani and arranging food distribution, to observe the third death anniversary of the late Dhaka city mayor and former minister.
BNP leaders, activists, and followers of Khoka will place wreaths at his Jurain graveyard in the city and offer fateha there at 10am on Friday.
Khoka's family members will arrange a doa and milad mahfil at Sadeque Hossain Khoka Community Centre after Asr prayers.
On November 4, 2019, Freedom Fighter Khoka died in the US at the age of 67.
Born on May 12, 1952, in Munshiganj, Khoka was a guerilla freedom fighter during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.