Md. Ashikur Rahman Ashik, Staff Reporter || Four newly elected BNP Standing Committee members paid tribute to the party’s founder and former president Ziaur Rahman at his grave in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Tuesday.After laying wreaths, the leaders pledged to work to meet the expectations of the people and strengthen the relationship between the BNP and the public.Speaking to reporters, newly elected Standing Committee member Aman Ullah Aman said they had been given responsibility with certain expectations, and they would work to strengthen the bond between the party and the people as well as between the government and the public.“We will work to ensure cooperation with the party and the government by keeping the people at the centre,” he said.Aman also said they had pledged to implement all programmes announced by the prime minister, regardless of the sacrifices required.He said the trust placed in the government by the people would be carried forward with responsibility.“We have taken this pledge after paying tribute at the grave of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, the great proclaimer of the country’s independence, and at the grave of former prime minister Khaleda Zia. We will protect the country’s independence and sovereignty at any cost,” Aman said.‘PM is running the country properly’Another newly elected Standing Committee member, Prof Dr Farhad Halim Donar, said people had accepted the way the prime minister was running the country.“There is now a common perception that he is running the country properly,” he said.Donar acknowledged that the country was facing some problems, but said efforts were underway to resolve them.Referring to the ongoing electricity crisis, he said the prime minister had clarified the issue in his recent remarks at Karail. He expressed hope that the problem would be resolved soon.Newly elected Standing Committee members Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed and Ismail Zabiullah, BNP Joint Secretary General Habib-un-Nabi Khan Sohel and leaders and activists from different levels of the party were also present during the tribute.