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DAY-VICTORY-CELEBRATION-2 LAST DHAKA
The ruling Awami League (AL) hoisted the national flag and the party flag atop the party’s central office, Bangabandhu Bhaban and offices of all its units across the country.
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader along with party’s central leaders paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the altar of the National Memorial at 9am.
Party presidium members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Abdur Razzaque, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Shajahan Khan and Abdur Rahman, joint general secretaries Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Mahbubul-Alam Hanif and AFM Bahauddin Nasim joined the function.
Awami League organizing secretaries Ahmed Hossain, SM Kamal Hossain and Mirza Azam, relief and social welfare affairs secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, cultural affairs secretary Asim Kumar Ukil, labour affairs secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, health and population affairs secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana, science and technology affairs secretary Abdus Sabur and deputy office secretary Sayem Khan were present, among others.
The other political and socio-cultural organizations that paid rich tributes to the 1971 martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Memorial were Central 14-party, family members of the martyrs, injured freedom fighters, Jatiya Party, BNP, Gana Forum, Jukto Front, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Workers Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), Awami Jubo League, Swechasebak League, Chhatra League, Krishak League, Mohila Awami League, Jubo Mohila League, Tanti League, Bangladesh Chhatra Union, Jubo Union, Udichi Shilpigoshthi, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, Dhaka University, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, National University, Bangla Academy, Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh Open University, Bangabandhu Parishad, Jagannath University, Sector Commanders’ Forum-Muktijuddha 71, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, Jaker Party and Muktijuddha Sanghati Parishad.
On the occasion of the Victory Day the ruling Awami League paid glowing tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the city.
Party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader along with party’s central leaders paid the tribute to Father by laying the wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait.
The party leaders then stood in solemn silence for sometime as a mark of profound respect to the memories of Bangabandhu and the 1971 martyrs.
Later, Dhaka city north and south units of AL, Jubo League, Chhatra League, Swechchhasebak League, Krishak League, Jatiya Sramik League, Mohila Awami League, Jubo Mohila League and other associate bodies of the ruling AL paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths separately at his portrait.
Different social and cultural organizations, including Bangabandhu Parishad, Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote and Bangladesh Awami Information and Technology Forum, also paid rich tribute to the Father of the Nation by placing wreaths at the portrait.
AL leaders and workers also paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at the Mausoleum of Bangabandhu at Tungipara in Gopalganj in the morning. Doa and milad mahfil were also held there.
Later, a discussion was held at the AL’s central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue while party President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the discussion through videoconferencing.
Besides, Jatiya Press Club (JPC), Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, Dhaka Union Journalists, Mukijoddhar Santan Sangbadik Forum and Youth Journalists’ Forum paid tribute to Father of the Nation by placing floral wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at the JPC here.
Virtual discussions titled ‘Attaining the national prosperity through upholding the spirit of the Liberation War and ensuring the best use of digital technologies to build the ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’ were held across the country to mark the country’s 50th Victory Day.
Posters based on the history of the Liberation War were exhibited at Swadhinotastambha and the underground museum at the Suhrawardy Udyan here today.
Besides, essay competitions based on the Liberation War were held using the digital platforms like e-mail or online while painting competitions for the children and virtual functions were also held at the educational institutions across the country.
Special prayers were offered at mosques and other places of worship, seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of the 1971 martyrs and good health for the injured freedom fighters as well as peace, progress and prosperity of the country.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque organised Quran Khwani, milad and doa mahfil under the auspicious of Islamic Foundation marking the day.
Improved diets were served in jails, hospitals, orphanages and vagrant homes across the country.
The day was a public holiday.
National dailies brought out special supplements on the occasion while Bangladesh Postal Department released memorial postal stumps to mark the day.
The state-owned and private televisions and radios are broadcasting special programmes highlighting the Liberation War.
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