NN Online:
The 10th death anniversary of Arafat Rahman Koko – the younger son of former president Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and – will be observed on Friday.
He was the son of BNP’s founder and current chairperson respectively. BNP and its associate bodies have taken various programmes to mark the day with due respect and remembrance.
Party leaders and activists, led by party Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, will place wreaths at Koko’s grave and offer fateha there around 10am.
BNP will arrange a doa mahfil at its Nayapaltan central office at 11am seeking eternal peace for Koko’s departed soul. BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas will be present at the meeting as the chief guest.
Another doa mahfil will be held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office at 4:30pm, to be attended by party standing committee members and the leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies.
Different associate and professional bodies of BNP and its city and district units as well as sports organisations will also observe the day by holding various programmes, including discussions and prayer sessions, across the country.
On January 24, 2015, Koko, also a sports organiser, died of cardiac arrest aged 45 in Malaysia. His body was brought back home on January 27 and buried at Banani Graveyard.