Freedom fighters led bv Ziaur Rahman forms BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party - BNP was founded on September 1, 1978 on the basis of Bangladeshi Nationalism, an ideology that
recognizes the right of Bangladeshis from all walks of life, irrespective of their ethnicity, gender or race.
"Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam, the most celebrated war hero of 1971 liberation war, is the founder of the party."
The name of this party will be 'Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Dal'. In English, this organization will be called 'Bangladesh Nationalist Party' (BNP) and in short this party will be called 'Nationalist Party' and 'BNP'. The national office and central headquarters of this party is located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. and the organization of the headquarters or central office of the party shall be under the responsibility of the chairman and the titles, responsibilities and powers of the various officers of the office shall be determined by the chairman himself.
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The upper half of the team's flag will be red and the lower half will be green. In the center of the flag there will be a black
industrial circle. From the point of this circle at the junction of red and green, a row of golden rice grains will extend
upwards. Above the rice grain will be a white star. Green is the symbol of the country; Red is the symbol of freedom war and
sacrifice, industrial cycle is the symbol of growth and progress, grain of rice is the symbol of determination to achieve
self-sufficiency in food and the white star is the symbol of our national hopes and aspirations.
The main basis of BNP's Politics was -
Freedom fighters led bv Ziaur Rahman forms BNP
BNP won 207 of the 300 seats in 2nd national election
Abdus Sattar became head after President LIA's assasination
Begum Khaleda Zia got elected as the Chairperson of BNP
Begum Khaleda Zia declared all_out movement to restore democracu
Begum Khaleda Zia led movement to oust autocrat Ershad from power
Begum Khaleda Zia became the first elected female Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Begum Khaleda Zia won second term, but decided to run for reelection under caretaker govt
BNP won 116 seats, highest by any opposition party in Bangladesh, in fresh election
Begum Khaleda Zia got elected as the Prime Minister again
BNP lost an engineered election, Begum Khaleda Zia became Leader of the Opposition
Tarique Rahman became Senior Vice - Chairman of BNP
BNP boycotted national election along with other democratic parties due to autocratic election administration
Tarique Rahman became Acting Chairman and BNP rejected farcical result of rigged election marred with unprecedented irregularities
BNP announces 'one-point' movement to remove Awami League from power and hold upcoming national election under neutral government
Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam (1936-1981) was the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was the declarer of independence and a valiant freedom fighter. He was also Chief of Army Staff and later became the elected President of Bangladesh. He opened up multi-party democracy in Bangladesh and defined Bangladeshi Nationalism.
Begum Khaleda Zia (Born: 15 August 1946) is the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh three times since 1991. She is the first woman to be elected as the prime minister of Bangladesh, and second in the Muslim world.
Tarique Rahman (Born: 20 November 1967) is the Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP. He previously served as the Senior Vice-Chairman and Senior Joint Secretary of the party.