BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. File photo

DHAKA, May 11, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today paid tributes, wishes and congratulations to all mothers around the world, including his mother former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.

In a facebook post on the occasion of Mother's Day, Tarique Rahman extended his heartfelt greetings and congratulations to all mothers in Bangladesh and the world.
 
He wished them continued happiness, peace and prosperity.

The BNP Acting Chairman said Khaleda Zia has spent her life in continuous struggle, sacrifice, relentless hard work, compassion and genuine love for the people for the democratic development of the state and the building of a progressive society.

Under her leadership, women’s education had been expanded widely when BNP was in power, he said, adding that during BNP's rule, she took various initiatives to ensure that girl students did not drop out of school. 

Tarique Rahman paid his deepest tribute to his mother Begum Khaleda Zia dubbing her as beacon of women's education, the 'Mother of the Nation', the national leader.'

Mentioning that Mother's Day is an international day of respect, Tarique Rahman said, "This day is celebrated for the importance and contribution of mothers in society and family. On this day, motherhood and motherhood ceremonies are seen all over the world.

 Every day, children love their mothers, but today is a day to express their love individually."

Tarique Rahman said, "A mother is a wonderful institution in the family. The future of a child is built on the education of a great mother.

 A mother keeps her child in the midst of all the struggles and struggles, overcoming all the fatigue and fatigue of the day."

"In the company of a mother, the child's excellence and true human nature are awakened, making the child's soul pure, clear and holy. Many countries and cultures have adopted Mother's Day programmes and given it an extraordinary dimension. 

A unique day dedicated to motherhood - Mother's Day. 

The sweetest call in the world is 'Mother'. Hidden beneath this small word is deep affection, compassion, and the most genuine love in the world," he said.

Tarique Rahman said from childhood, the name of mother is intertwined with every human emotion of joy, pain, fear, or excitement.

"Today, my expectation is that all mothers should be able to raise their children as worthy and good citizens. Only a mother can guide her child on the right path, so that the future of the nation becomes brighter and brighter," he said.

The most sacred and sweet word in the world is ‘mother’. 

Every year, the second Sunday of May is celebrated all over the world as ‘World Mother’s Day’.

 Accordingly, today is ‘World Mother’s Day’. The day is such a special day, when all mothers and those who are like mothers are respected at all levels, from the family to the state.

On the occasion of the day, various social and cultural organizations of our country have undertaken various day-long programs and programs.

The history of ‘World Mother’s Day’ is many years old. In the Middle Ages, there was a practice that those who had left their homes for work would return to their homes or to their mothers and to their childhood churches. 

That would be on the fourth Sunday of Lent, a Christian festival.

In modern times, Mother's Day originated in the United States.

 There, this day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year. A woman named Anna Jarvis in the United States took the initiative to make the poor people aware of their health by inspiring mothers. 

When Anna Jarvis died in 1905, her daughter Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis tried to commemorate her mother's work. 

That same year, she first celebrated this day as 'Mother's Day' in her Sunday school.

On a Sunday in 1907, Anna Maria explained the importance of a day for mothers in a school speech. On May 8, 1914, the US Congress declared the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. Thus began the journey of Mother's Day.

 Mother's Day is now celebrated with dignity in more than a hundred countries, including Bangladesh, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and Germany, in addition to America.