The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a five-day programme to mark its 48th founding anniversary on 1 September.
BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed announced the programme on Wednesday after a joint meeting at the party’s central office in Nayapaltan, Dhaka.
As part of the celebrations, BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will pay tribute to the party’s founder, former president Ziaur Rahman, and former prime minister Khaleda Zia by placing wreaths at their graves in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at 9am on 1 September.
A discussion meeting will also be held, where senior BNP leaders are expected to address party leaders and activists.
The party will organise two more programmes at convenient times during September. BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel will release fish fry into an open waterbody, while another Joint Secretary General Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee will lead a tree plantation programme.
Rizvi said several other programmes would also be arranged alongside the five-day schedule.
He added that the drafts of those programmes would be finalised after discussions with BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman.
Among those present at the meeting were BNP Chairman’s Adviser and Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam, Joint Secretary Generals Khairul Kabir Khokon, Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and Abdus Salam Azad, Water Resources Minister Mohammad Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee, and leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated and associate organisations.
