Dhaka, May 29 -- The BNP will observe the 45th death anniversary of its founder and former President Ziaur Rahman on Saturday.

The party and its associate bodies have chalked out an eight-day programme to observe the death anniversary nationwide with due respect. The programmes began on May 25 and will continue until June 1.

Ziaur Rahman, who founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1978, was assassinated by a group of disgruntled Army officers at Chattogram Circuit House on May 30, 1981.

Speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office on Friday morning, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said their party is all set to mark the occasion with due respect and reverence.

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