AL pays tributes to former president Zillur Rahman

The ruling Awami League(AL) has paid glowing tributes to former president M Zillur Rahman marking his sixth death anniversary, reports BSS.

Leaders of the party paid homage by placing wreaths at his grave in the city's Banani Graveyard on Wednesday morning.

AL joint general secretary and Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, joint general secretaries Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, office secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Deputy Minister for Water Resources Enamul Haque Shamim, Cultural Affairs Secretary Ashim Kumar Ukil, Central Labour Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, Agriculture and Cooperative Secretary Faridun Nahar Laily, Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Abdus Sabur, AL Deputy Office Secretary and special secretary to Prime Minister Barrister Biplob Barua , Central leaders Advocate Riazul Kabir Kawsar, Anwar Hossain and son of Zillur Rahman as well as lawmaker Nazmul Hassan Papon were present on the occasion.

The 19th President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman breathed his last at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on March 20

in 2013.