KHULNA, March 25, 2019 (BSS) – Khulna district administration, political
parties and socio-cultural organizations are set to observe the 49th
Independence Day tomorrow (Tuesday).
To mark the day, Khulna district administration has taken elaborate
programmes.
A 31-gun salute at dawn at the Khulna Police Line Ground will herald the
Independence Day.
Khulna Divisional Commissioner Lokman Hossain Mia will hoist the national
flag at Khulna Zila School Ground and will take salute from the parade.
Khulna Shishu Academy will organize an art and painting competitions for
children on the occasion.
A discussion meeting and a reception to the freedom fighters will be held at
the conference room of the DC office.
National flags will be hoisted atop all public and private buildings at dawn
and wreaths would be placed by the people of all walks of life at the
Gallyamary monument on the day.
Special prayers will be offered at mosques, temples and churches, seeking
divine blessings for peace and progress of the country.
Improved diet will be served at all hospitals, orphanages and jails on the
day.
State-run Khulna Betar will broadcast special programmes while the local
newspapers will bring out special supplements on the occasion.
Khulna BISIC will organize a two-day handicraft fair on Khulna Public Hall
premises.
Besides, Khulna city and district units of Awami League have been chalked out
different programme to observe the Independence Day.
The programmes include hoisting of national and party flags and to place
wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Muzibur
Rahman and at the Gallamary martyrdom memorial.
A discussion meeting will be held on March 26 at the party office, said a
press release issued by city unit AL office secretary Mahbub Alam Sohag last
night.
A colourful independence procession will be brought out in the city on March
26.
Khulna University (KU), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology
(KUET), Khulna City Corporation (KCC), Khulna WASA, Khulna Press Club, Khulna
Union of Journalists (KUJ), 1971: Genocide and Tortured Archive Museum and
different socio-cultural and political parties will observe the Independence
Day in a befitting manner.