DHAKA, May 29, 2026 (BSS) – The ruling BNP and its associated and affiliated bodies have chalked out an elaborate programme to observe the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the party’s founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam.

All preparations have been completed to observe the day with due respect and solemnity, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office here today. 

The day’s programme will begin with keeping party flags at half-mast and hoisting black flags at the BNP central office and party offices across the country at 6:00am tomorrow.

Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman will pay tributes to the  proclaimer of the country’s independence Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman by placing wreaths at his grave at Zia Udyan in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at 11:00 am tomorrow.

The party’s various units, associated and affiliated organizations, professional bodies, and cultural organizations will organize discussion meetings, milad and doa mahfils, photo exhibitions, and other programmes highlighting the life and works of Ziaur Rahman.

After offering prayers at the grave of Ziaur Rahman, Tarique Rahman will join clothes and food distribution programme at different places in the capital.

The premier will attend a food distribution event in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the afternoon. Five associated bodies and one affiliated organization of BNP will organize the event.

As part of the previously announced eight-day programme, BNP leaders and activists are wearing black badges. Special supplements have also been published in national newspapers.

BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan told BSS that the prime minister will begin the distribution of food items and clothes among the poor from the T&T playground at Manik Mia Avenue from 11:30am.

Khan said the premier will also participate in programmes at 16 locations in the capital sequentially. 

Ministers, MPs, and leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies will attend these programmes.

Marking the day, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, along with leaders of the Ziaur Rahman Foundation, will pay tribute in the morning at the graves of Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

Later, he will participate in a distribution programme of various items among the poor, to be organized by lawyers in the area adjacent to the High Court shrine at 11:00 am.

BNP Standing Committee Member Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan will join a programme to be organized by cultural activists in front of the FDC at Karwan Bazar 11:20 am.