The BNP has decided not to hold any events to celebrate the 60th birthday of the party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman on November 20.
The decision has already been communicated to party leaders and activists across the country.
In a press release issued to the media on Monday evening, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi made the announcement.
The media release says that Tarique Rahman’s birthday falls on Wednesday, November 20.
“The leaders and activists of all BNP units, as well as its associate and affiliated organisations across the country, are hereby informed that no events will be held to celebrate Mr Tarique Rahman’s birthday on that day,” it reads.
The party also warned that organisational action will be taken against anyone who defies this directive.
Tarique was born on November 20, 1965 in Bogura. On September 11, 2008, he went to London for treatment, and he has been living with his family there since then.
He has been working as acting chairman of BNP since his mother and party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on February 8, 2018.
On September 11, 2008, eight days after his release from jail on bail, Tarique Rahman left for London for treatment during the military-backed caretaker government.
Tarique, arrested on March 7, 2007, was freed from jail on bail on September 3, 2008.
