Dhaka, March 26 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday paid rich tributes to his parents Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on the occasion of the 56th Independence and National Day.

The premier paid homage to his parents by placing wreaths at their graves at Zia Udyan in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area at 6:58 am after returning from the National Memorial at Savar on the city's outskirts, BSS reports.

Later, flanked by cabinet members and senior BNP leaders, Tarique Rahman, also the chairman of the ruling BNP, placed two other wreaths at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on behalf of the cabinet and his party.

After placing the wre...