Staff Reporter:
People from all walks yesterday remembered BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia with profound respect and love marking her 82nd birth anniversary.
On this occasion, leaders, activists, supporters, and well-wishers participated in various programs, including placing wreaths at her grave in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, offering prayers and holding munajat.
Social Welfare and Women and Chaildren Affairs Minister Professor Dr. A Z M Zahid Hossain paid tribute at Khaleda Zia’s grave yesterday afternoon by offering doa and munajat seeking eternal peace of her departed soul.
“Khaleda Zia loved democracy throughout her life. She never compromised. She loved the country and its people,” he added.
Earlier, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Md. Shafiqul Islam Khan paid tribute by placing wreaths at Khaleda Zia’s grave. In the afternoon, under the leadership of the Adminis-trator, DNCC officials placed wreaths at the grave of Begum Khaleda Zia.
At this time, special munajat was offered seeking eternal peace of her departed soul.
Later, former President of Dhaka University Chhatra Dal and current Central Committee Vice Pres-ident Khorshed Alam Sohel came with leaders and activists to pay tributes to her.
After paying tribute, he told journalists, “On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the late un-compromising stateswoman Begum Khaleda Zia, a symbol of Bangladesh’s independence and sov-ereignty, we have visited her grave to seek eternal peace of her departed soul.”
The 82nd birth anniversary of Khaleda Zia was marked by tributes from people of all walks of life at her grave. Through floral tributes and prayers, they paid their respects to the memory of the late unprecedented leader.
