Zia’s 41st death anniversary observed

The 41st death anniversary of BNP founder and ex-president of the country Ziaur Rahman was observed with various programmes across the country on Monday.

Black flags were hoisted while party flags were kept at half-mast atop the party’s central offices and chairperson’s Gulshan office at 6:00am as part of its programme to mark the day.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir together with party senior leaders paid homage to Zia by placing a wreath at his grave on the occasion.

Leaders of BNP’s different associate bodies also placed wreaths at Zia’s grave on the occasion.

Zia, who founded Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1978, was assassinated by a group of disgruntled army officers at the erstwhile Chittagong circuit house on May 30, 1981, while serving as the country’s president, a position he formally assumed in 1977.

Mirza Fakhrul and party standing committee members distributed food and clothes among the destitute at 70 points of the capital.