PM pays tributes to Ziaur Rahman

FE Team | Published: May 31, 2026 23:05:00

Prime Minister (PM) and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday paid tributes to party founder and former President Ziaur Rahman on the occasion of his 45th death anniversary.
Tarique Rahman first laid a wreath at Ziaur Rahman's grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, reports UNB.
He later placed another wreath as BNP Chairman, accompanied by members of the party's Standing Committee, including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed and Prof AZM Zahid Hossain.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir received the Prime Minister when he arrived at the grave premises around 11:00am.
Party leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Abdus Salam, Masum Ahmed Talukder, Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Habib-e-Rashid Habib, Aminul Haque, SM Jahangir, Rafiqul Alam Majnu, Tanveer Ahmed Robin, Shirin Sultana, Sultana Ahmed, Helen Jerin Khan, Arifa Sultana Ruma, Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, Rafiqul Islam, Safiqul Islam Khan and Rafiqul Islam Bacchu, among others, were present.
The BNP chief and senior party leaders observed a brief silence in memory of the party founder.
After placing the wreaths, Tarique Rahman joined a munajat seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of his father late President Ziaur Rahman and mother former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. He later took part in a doa mahfil organised by the Jatiyatabadi Ulema Dal on the grave premises and joined a munajat. A large number of BNP leaders and activists gathered around the Zia Udyan to mark the anniversary.