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Nation celebrates 48th Victory Day
DHAKA, Dec 16, 2018 (BSS) – The nation today celebrated the 48th Victory Day, marking the most precious moment when the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation, with vowing to transform the country into developed one.
Forty-seven years back on December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of the Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and for the supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of nearly half a million women.
Different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organisations arranged a series of programmes to celebrate the nation’s glorious victory over the Pakistani occupation force.
The government also celebrated the day with different programmes at the national level.
The day started with 31 gun salutes. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar at dawn.
At first President Abdul Hamid placed the wreaths at the altar of the National Memorial with the rise of the sun. He was followed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
After placing the wreath, President and the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the martyrs of the Great War of Liberation of 1971.
A smartly turned out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force presented state salute on the occasion when bugles played the last post.
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