Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday announced an eight-day program from May 25 to June 1 marking the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the party’s founder, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press conference announced yesterday after-noon at party’s Nayapaltan central office.
Earlier, a joint meeting was held at the BNP central office to mark the anniversary. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi presided over the meeting, while BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel, leaders of the executive committee, and leaders of affiliated organizations were present.
Marking the anniversary, posters will be published and black badges will be worn from May 25 to June 1.
Supplements will also be published in newspapers and online portals. Discussions will be held and post-ers published at the initiative of BNP’s front and associate organizations. BNP will arrange a discussion on May 31 (Sunday) at 2pm at the auditorium of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in Ramna of the capital.
On Saturday (May 30), the party flag will be half-mast and black flags will be hoisted at the party’s cen-tral office in Nayapaltan at 6am.
On the day, at 11am, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, along with the party’s national leaders and leaders and activists from all levels, will offer floral tributes and pay respects at the mausoleum of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. After the visit, they will join a prayer gathering organized by the Jatiyatabadi Ulama Dal on the mausoleum premises.
On the occasion, clothes, rice, lentils and other food items will be distributed among the underprivileged people at every police station under Dhaka Metropolitan North and South.
Marking the day, BNP along with its affiliated bodies’ all units, will lower the party flag half-mast and hoist black flags at 6am on May 30.
According to the convenience of their respective areas, they will hold discussions and prayer gatherings and distribute clothes, rice, lentils and other food items among the poor people.
Rizvi also strictly instructed party leaders and activists not to make public suffering while carrying out programs, saying, “No program should be conducted that causes hardship to the public.”
He also directed that discussion meetings should not be held at street corners with temporary stages. Pro-grams will only be held in open fields or auditoriums.
