<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The ninth death anniversary of Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger son of ex-president late Ziaur Rahman and thrice-former prime minister Khaleda Zia, founder and current chairperson respectively of the BNP, will be observed on Wednesday.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>BNP and its associate bodies have taken various programmes to mark the day with due respect and remembrance.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Party leaders and activists, led by standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, will place wreaths at Koko’s grave and offer fateha there around 10:30am.</div><div><br></div><div>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 Nazrul Islam Khan will be present at the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Different associate and professional bodies of BNP and its city and district units will also observe the day by holding various programmes, including discussions and prayer sessions, across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 24, 2015, Koko died of cardiac arrest aged 45 in Malaysia.</div><div><br></div><div>His body was brought back home on January 27 and buried at Banani Graveyard. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>