Gazette Issued for Hoisting National Flag on Mar 17

Marking the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children's Day, the national flag should be hoisted in public and private offices and buildings on March 17 (Friday).

A gazette notification signed by Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain has been issued to this effect, reports UNB.

According to the notification, the government has directed to hoist the national flag in all government, semi-government, autonomous, and non-government institutions and educational institutions, including Bangladesh missions abroad, to mark the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day on March 17.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on March 17, 1920, in Gopalganj's Tungipara.

In 1971, under his leadership, Bangladesh earned independence through a bloody nine-month liberation war. But on August 15, 1975, the anti-liberation forces killed the father of the nation along with his family.