Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today paid homage to its founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman coinciding with its 47th founding anniversary.

The party leaders and activists are also celebrating the founding anniversary across the country. Thousands of party members led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir laid wreaths at Ziaur Rahman's mausoleum at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar this morning.

The entire area around the mausoleum was bustling with a huge crowd as activists from various wards of the capital gathered in a procession marking the founding anniversary.

BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed, Chairperson's advisor Aman Ullah Aman, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint Secretar...