BSS-52 National flag to be hoisted half-mast on Feb 21

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National flag to be hoisted half-mast on Feb 21

DHAKA, Feb 17, 2020 (BSS) – National flag will be hoisted half-mast in all establishments and buildings across the country on the Shaheed Dibash and International Mother Language Day on February 21.

In this regard, the government today issued directives to all government, semi-government, autonomous and private organisations, Bangladesh missions abroad and consular offices to follow the flag rules to display national flag on the Shaheed Dibash and International Mother Language Day.

“The Bangladesh Flag Rules formulated in 1972 has given directives on how to display national flag properly. It is a duty of every citizen to follow the directives,” it said.

The national flag would have to be first revealed fully on the day and then it would have to be lowered to half-mast position, it added.

On the other hand, Bangladesh Flag Rules, 1972 said the ‘National Flag’ will be in bottle green and rectangular in size in the proportion of length to width 10:6 bearing a red circle on the body of the green. The red circle will have a radius of one-fifth of the length of the flag, it added.

Depending on the size of the buildings, the flag sizes will be at the ratio of 10:6, 5:3 and 2.5:1.5.

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