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ONE-MINUTE-BLACKOUT
Nation observes one-minute blackout tonight
DHAKA, March 25, 2019 (BSS) – The nation is set to observe a one-minute
blackout from 9:00pm to 9:01 pm across the country tonight in remembrance of
the brutality carried out by Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bengalis on the
black night of March 25 in 1971.
During the blackout programme, the power supply would be suspended from
9:00 pm to 9:01 pm across the country.
Motor vehicles and important structures, however, will remain out of the
one-minute blackout observance.
In observance of the programme, necessary law enforcement agencies will be
engaged to ensure security for the countrymen.
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) unanimously adopted a resolution to observe the
March 25 as the “Gonohotya Dibos” (Genocide Day) on March 11, 2017.
Subsequently, the cabinet division in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina in the chair, unanimously endorsed the decision on March 20 in 2017.
BSS/SAH/RY/1640 hrs