Dhaka: The BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia paid her tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at first hours of Tuesday.

The BNP chief along with her party senior leaders placed wreaths at the Shaheed Minar at about 1:30am, putting an end to speculation over her attending.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker Moshraf Hossain, Mahbubur Rahman Mirza Abbas, Nazrul Islam Khan, vice chairman Mohammad Shahjahan, chairperson’s adviser Amanullah Aman, senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon, among others, accompanied Khaleda Zia.