BNP will observe what it calls ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Friday, marking the ‘civil-military uprising’ of November 7, 1975, with due respect.

On this day in 1975, amid political unrest, soldiers and civilians together freed then Chief of Army Staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka Cantonment, paving the way for him to come to power.

On November 2, BNP announced a 10-day programme to mark the day extensively, aiming to highlight its true historical importance.

Besides, BNP’s associate bodies and all its units across the country will arrange various programmes, including discussions, cultural events, photo exhibitions, distribution of educational materials among orphan students, and the release of documentaries through electronic and print media, as well as on Facebook, YouTube, and other online platforms.

Supplements will also be published in newspapers across the country to mark the day with due respect.

As part of the programmes, the party flag will be hoisted atop all its offices across the country on Friday morning, while BNP leaders and activists, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will place wreaths and offer fateha at the grave of the party’s founder and former President Ziaur Rahman at 10am.

The BNP’s Dhaka South and North city units will also hold a rally starting from the party’s Nayapaltan central office at 3:00pm. All district and upazila units of the party will bring out rallies on the same day.

On November 12, the party will organise a discussion at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.

Meanwhile, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir issued separate messages, greeting the people of the country on the occasion.

In his message, Tarique called upon all nationalist forces to unite in the spirit of November 7 to build a strong democracy in the country.

“Protecting national independence and sovereignty is extremely urgent at this moment,” he said.

In his message, Fakhrul urged all to get united to establish democracy and an elected government through the next national election. “There’s no alternative to holding a free and fair election in the country.”