The 15th death anniversary of former BNP secretary general KM Obaidur Rahman will be observed on Monday. Local unit of BNP and Obaidur Rahman Smriti Sangsad have chalked out various programmes to observe the day, said a press release on Sunday. Read:BNP works out Independence Day programme As part of the programmes, BNP leaders and activists and common people will place wreaths at his grave at Nagarkanda’s Loskardia village in Faridpur in the morning in observance of the day. They will also offer fateha there and a munajat there seeking the salvation of the departed soul of Obaidur Rahman, also a freedom fighter. A milad mahfil will also be held at the residence of the deceased on the occasion. Besides, Obaidur Rahman Smriti Sangsad arranged a discussion and doa Mahfil at the Jatiya Press Club today (Sunday) in the capital, marking the day. Meanwhile, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir issued a message on the occasion recalling Obaidur Rahman’s contributions to the Liberation War, various movements and BNP. Read:BNP to arrange 2-day book fair, exhibition on Liberation War Born on May 5, 1940 at Laskardia village in Faridpur’s Nagarkanda upazila, Obaidur Rahman was elected a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and later played a vital role in the non-cooperation movement of 1971 and the Liberation War. He joined BNP in 1978 and was made its general secretary in 1986. Obaidur Rahman was elected MP five times. He died on March 21, 2007.

The 14th death anniversary of former BNP secretary general KM Obaidur Rahman will be observed on Sunday.