Ivy Rahman's 15th death anniv observed

The 15th death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President Zillur Rahman, was observed on Saturday in a befitting manner, reports BSS.

To mark the day, different political and socio-cultural organisations, including Bangladesh Awami League (AL), its associate bodies and other likeminded organisations, took elaborate programmes.

The programmes included placing wreaths and offering Fateha at her (Ivy) grave at Banani graveyard, arranging milad mahfil and special prayers and holding discussions in the capital and elsewhere across the country.

Central leaders of Awami League and its associate bodies paid rich tributes to Ivy Rahman by placing wreaths at the Banani graveyard in the morning.

They also offered Fateha and doa seeking eternal peace of her departed soul.

Separate milad and Qurankhawni was held at Ivy's ancestral home and in-laws residence in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district.

A milad and doa mahfil was held at Ivy Concord at Gulshan in the capital after Asr prayers on the occasion of her 15th martyrdom anniversary.