President, PM Pay Tributes to Liberation War Martyrs

Today, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid the martyrs of the Liberation War rich tributes by placing wreaths at the Savar National Memorial, on the outskirts of Dhaka, marking the 50th Day of Victory.

On behalf of the Prime Minister, Major General Naqib Ahmed Chowdhury, her military secretary, placed floral wreaths at the altar of the memorial at about 6:34 a.m. to pay tribute to the country's great heroes, reports BSS.

The day is being observed nationwide on a limited scale due to a fresh surge of the coronavirus cases intensified with cold.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day, paying glowing tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War in 1971.

The government has taken elaborate programmes to celebrate the day at the national level, maintaining the health guidelines in face of the global pandemic Covid-19.

The programmes include a 31-gun salute, placing of wreaths at the monuments to pay homage to martyrs, hoisting of the national flags atop all government, semi-government and private offices as well as offices of autonomous bodies across the country, decorating city streets with miniature national flags and colourful festoons, and illumination of important buildings and establishments, roads and street islands at night.