BSS-20 DAY-VICTORY-OBSERVANCE TWO DHAKA

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DAY-VICTORY-OBSERVANCE TWO DHAKA

Flanked by senior leaders of the party, Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League president, laid another wreath at the National Memorial as the party chief.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, AL presidium members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Md Abdur Razzaque and Adv Abdul Matin Khasru, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Home Minister Azaduzzman Khan, Information Minister and AL publicity and publication secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud, AL Joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif, advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, organising secretaries Ahmed Hossain, AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and BM Mozammel Haque, office secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, information and research secretary Afzal Hossain, cultural affairs secretary Asim Kumar Ukil and deputy office secretary Barrister Biplob Barua, among others, were present.

Cabinet members, advisers to the prime minister, parliament members, the chiefs of the three services, diplomats and high civil and military officials were also present on the occasion.

Later, Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and leaders of different political and socio-cultural organisations placed wreaths at the National Memorial.

They were followed by the freedom fighters and their family members, foreign diplomats, leaders of Awami League and different political and social organisations and people from all walks of life.

The other political and socio-cultural organizations that paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial were Central 14-party, BNP, Gana Forum, Jukto Front, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Awami Jubo League, Swechasebak League, Chhatra League, Krishak League, Jubo Mohila League, Mohila Awami League, Tanti League, Jatiya Party (JP),

Bangladesh Student Union, Jubo Union, Udichi, Bangladesh Red Cross Society, Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, Dhaka University, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, National University, Bangla Academy, Shilpakala Academy, Open University, Bangabandhu Parishad, Jagannath University, Sector Commanders’ Forum-Muktijuddha 71 and Sammilita Sangskritik Jote.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also paid rich tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban at the historic Dhanmondi-32 in the city.

Awami League and its associate bodies, different educational institutes and socio-cultural and professional organisations also paid homage to the supreme leader of the War of Liberation by placing garlands at his portrait.

On behalf of the party, AL presidium member Col (retd) Muhammad Faruq Khan paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his grave at Tungipara.

The day was a public holiday. The national flag was hoisted atop all government, semi-government and private offices as well as offices of autonomous bodies across the country.

Important roads and road islands were decorated with miniature national flags and colourful festoons.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the occasion. National dailies were brought special supplements.

The state-owned and private televisions and radios are broadcasting month-long special programmes highlighting the Liberation War. Different organizations arranged discussions and displayed documentaries on the Liberation War.

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