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EKUSHEY-OBSERVENCE-CTG
Amar Ekushey observed in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 21, 2019 (BSS)- The “Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day” was observed in the city as elsewhere in the district with due respect and solemnity.
Chattogram Central Shaheed Minar turned into a human sea shortly after zero hours with the presence of hundreds of people from different walks of life.
Leaders of different political parties, socio-cultural and professional organizations and people from all walks of life from children to adults gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar to pay respect to the martyred language heroes and placed wreaths one after another at the Shaheed Minar maintaining discipline with due honour at 12.01 on Wednesday night.
Police and district administration sources said historic Ekushey programmes beginning from midnight including placing of wreaths bare foots by the people of all ages at the Shaheed Minar passed peacefully. To mark the day, different political, professional and socio cultural organizations held daylong programmes including discussion meeting, milad mahfil, poetry recitation, arts competition for children, voluntary blood donation and cultural functions in the city.
A smart contingent of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) paid guard of honour at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past 12 midnight.
Awami League (AL) presidium member and former minister Engineer Mosharrf Hossain, MP, was the first to place the wreath at the Shaheed Minar.
He was followed by the Chattogram City mayor A Z M Nasir Uddin, on behalf of Chattogram City Corporation, the mayor along with city Awami League (AL) leaders placed wreaths on behalf of City AL, Fazle Karim Chowdhury, MP, Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Chittagong range Khandoker Golam Faruk, Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police Mahabubur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Mohammad Ilias Hossain, Chairman of Chattogram Development Authority Abdus Salam, District Administrator MA Salam, Chattogram city Mohila AL President Hasina Mohiuddin and Superintendent of Chattogram district police Nure Alam Mina.
Besides, different political parties including AL Chattogram city, North and South AL district units, Chhatra League, Jubo League, Chattogram Press Club, Chattogram Union of Journalists (CUJ) and Chattogram TV Journalist Associations, Muktijoddha Command Council, Chattogram city and district, Chattogram District Bar Association placed flower wreaths at the Shaheed Minar.
In the morning, students from different educational institutions and socio cultural organisations carrying different colourful banners, festoons and placards placed floral wreaths at the Shaheed Minar.
Vice chancellor of Chattogram University (CU) Prof Iftakher Uddin paid tributes to the language martyrs by placing wreaths at CU Shaheed Minar while VC of Chattogram University of Engineering and technology (CUET) Prof Dr Rafiqul Islam, placed wreaths at CUET Shaheed Minar in the morning.
Besides, different educational institutions and socio cultural organisations chalked out separate programmes to mark the day.
The programmes included illuminations of different road islands and roundabouts with the festoons inscribed with Bengali alphabets, placing wreaths at the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar at zero hours of February 21, hoisting of the national flags at half-mast on all public offices, handwriting, drawing and patriotic songs competitions of children, Milad and Doa Mahfil seeking salvation of the martyrs of the language movement.
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