United News of Bangladesh

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday joined a discussion programme organised marking the 45th death anniversary of party founder and former President Ziaur Rahman. The programme began through recitation from the Holy Quran, followed by a munajat, in the afternoon at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in the capital’s Farmgate area. A one-minute silence was also observed in memory of late President Ziaur Rahman. BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is presiding over the discussion arranged by the party, where Tarique Rahman will speak as the chief guest. The discussion is part of BNP’s programmes taken to observe the 45th death anniversary of the party founder. The party and its associate bodies chalked out an eight-day programme to observe the death anniversary nationwide with due respect. The programmes began on May 25 and will continue until June 1. Ziaur Rahman, who founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1978, was assassinated by a group of disgruntled Army officers at Chattogram Circuit House on May 30, 1981.