DHAKA, March 8, 2023 (BSS) – The annual Joy Bangla Concert began today with observing a one minute silence in Dhaka’s Army Stadium to pay homage to the victims of Tuesday's explosion in a Gulistan building.

Center for Research and Information's (CRI's) youth platform Young Bangla has been organizing the Joy Bangla Concert for the seventh time since 2015 commemorating the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The concert was not held in the past two years due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. 

The concert was organised mainly to instill the spirit of the Liberation War among the new generations.

It is usually held on March 7 every year, but this year's event was moved to March 8 due to the holy Shab-e-Barat.

Leading musical bands Artcell, Avoid Rafa, Lalon, Chirkutt, Cryptic Fate, Karnival, Meghdol, Nemesis, and Arekta Rock Band are performing at the concert.

The concert began around 3pm and it will continue till 11pm.