The 23rd death anniversary of former home minister and public works minister Major General Abdul Mannan Siddiqui will be observed on Tuesday.
He died on May 2 in 2000.
Abdul Mannan Siddiqui served as the master general of the ordinance and quarter master general in Bangladesh Army, said a press release.
He oversaw the modernization of the National Baitul Mukarram Mosque as well as renovation and extension of the central Shahid Minar and National Memorial when he was a public works minister during 1982-83.
Abdul Mannan Siddiqui also was the founding chairman of Pheonix Insurance Company.
