Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday sent a bouquet of flowers to BNP chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia on her birthday.
BNP standing committee member and Khaleda Zia鈥檚 personal physician, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain, confirmed the matter this afternoon.
鈥楢s you know, today is the birthday of the 鈥淢other of Democracy,鈥� three-time prime minister and our leader Begum Khaleda Zia. She does not celebrate the occasion, but the party is holding milad and doa mahfils across the country on the occasion,鈥� Dr Zahid said.
鈥楾his afternoon, the chief adviser of the interim government sent a bouquet for Madam (Begum Zia). His officials brought it to her residence in Gulshan,鈥� he added.
Around 4:00 pm, the chief adviser鈥檚 private secretary Shazeeb M Khairul Islam and director at the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office Mohammad Nazmul Islam handed over the bouquet to BNP chairperson鈥檚 private secretary ABM Abdus Sattar at her Gulshan residence 鈥楩iroza鈥�.
BNP executive committee member Belayet Hossain, BNP media cell member Shairul Kabir Khan and chairperson鈥檚 personal wing official Masud Rahman were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, on Thursday night, the Chinese ambassador鈥檚 office also sent a birthday bouquet for the BNP chairperson.
Begum Khaleda Zia was born on August 15 in 1945 in Dinajpur and has turned 81 this year.