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 offered homage by placing wreaths at their graves at Zia Udyan in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at 6:58 am, after returning from the National Memorial in Savar on the city’s outskirts.
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 Begum Khaleda Zia on behalf of the cabinet and his party.
After the wreath-laying, ‘Fateha’ and special prayers were offered for eternal peace for Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, the proclaimer of the country’s independence, Begum Khaleda Zia, and Arafat Rahman Koko.
Prayers were also offered seeking forgiveness for the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War, participants of all democratic movements, and those involved in the 2024 July Uprising. Welfare for the country and success for the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman were also prayed for.