Today is BNP's 46th founding anniversary

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The 46th founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is on Sunday (September 1). However, as a few scattered areas, including some eastern districts of the country, have recently been flooded, BNP will hold its founding anniversary event on a limited scale with the aim of showing sympathy to the flood-affected people and standing by them.

Taiful Islam Tipu, Deputy Office Secretary of BNP, told the media about this.

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Earlier, BNP Secretary General said that this year's program of the party's 46th founding anniversary includes hoisting the party flag at the party's offices across the country including the central office on the morning of September 1, paying tributes at the grave of the party's founder and freedom announcer Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman at 11 a.m. Doa mahfil for the forgiveness of those killed in the recent anti-discrimination movement.

He said, "At the same time, we will pray for the recovery of BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and the Acting Chairman of the party, Tariq Rahman, to return to the country."

The expenses of this year's founding anniversary of BNP have been paid to the relief fund formed for the flood victims. In this regard, the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "Due to the flood, our 6-day program of the foundation anniversary will be reduced and only the founding anniversary day (September 1) will be celebrated informally."

The late President Ziaur Rahman formed the political party called BNP on September 1, 1978 based on these four principles: full faith and trust in the Creator, Bangladeshi nationalism, democracy and socialism in the sense of economic and social justice. BNP is one of the largest parties in the country after many ups and downs. Since losing power in 2006, the party has not broken even in the face of various crises for 17 years.

The program of the 46th founding anniversary includes – Hoisting of the party flag at party offices across the country including Dhaka at 6 am on Sunday, wreath laying and Fateha reading by party general secretary and central leaders at the tomb of BNP founder late President Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam at 11 am, after Johar prayers in front of the party office and condolence of the souls of those who died in the flood. Wishes for the well-being of the injured, prayers for the forgiveness of the souls of the martyred leaders and activists in the recent student movement and the prayers for the well-being of the injured and the prayers for the forgiveness of the souls of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman and the wishes for the health and long life of Khaleda Zia and the wishes for the health and long life of Tariq Rahman.