Desk Report
Published: 15 Aug 2021, 12:06 am
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman || File Photo: Collected
The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day
and 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman from the morning in a befitting manner with due respect, reports BSS.
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
and most of his family members were brutally killed by some disgruntled army
men on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 and this carnage is touted as the ugliest
chapter of the nation’s history.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the eldest daughter of
Bangabandhu, escaped the planned assassination with her sister Sheikh Rehana as
they were staying overseas then.
The government has taken elaborate programmes to
observe the 46th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day with due respect and solemnity,
maintaining health guidelines.
As part of the programme, the national flag will be
hoisted half-mast at the buildings of all government, semi-government,
autonomous, educational institutions and private offices on the day, said an
official handout here.
Wreaths will be placed at the portrait of Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Memorial
Museum in the city and a munajat will be held there at 6.30 am tomorrow.
The Prime Minister will pay homage to the architect of
the independence by placing wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 in the capital.
Guard of honour will be presented by the Armed Forces
and prayers will also be offered.
Floral wreaths will also be placed at the graves of
Bangabandhu’s martyred family members and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 at
Banani Graveyard in the city and offering fateha and munajat will be held there
at 7.30 am on the day.
Wreaths will be laid at the grave of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj district around 10 am. Fateha
will be offered and a special doa will be held there maintaining social
distancing.
The Prime Minister is expected to pay homage to the
architect of the independence by placing wreath at the grave of Bangabandhu
while guard of honour would also be presented by the Armed Forces.
To mark the National Mourning Day, special munajats
will be offered at all mosques across the country after Johr prayers while
special prayers will take place at all temples, churches, pagodas and other
places of worship at convenient time.
Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television will air
special programmes in observance of the National Mourning day.
National newspapers and magazines will publish special
supplements on the occasion.
Poster publication, its distribution and screening of
documentary films on Bangabandhu will be made while necessary measures will be
taken to put posters of National Mourning Day in important places including
educational institutions or growth centers and those will be publicized through
LED display board at different public places.
Posts and Telecommunication Division will send SMS by
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to all mobile users
describing the significance of the National Mourning Day.
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum may organize a lecture on
the biography of Bangabandhu and National Mourning Day using virtual platforms
on request of the educational institutions, Shishu Academy and such
institutions.
Discussions, poetry recitation, composition, painting
competition, painting exhibition, hamd-naat and doa-mahfil on National Mourning
Day will be arranged in all public and private primary schools, higher
secondary schools, madrasahs, colleges, medical colleges and other educational
institutions including universities.
In line with the national programmes, different
ministries and divisions, departments and agencies including the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, the
Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, the
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, the Ministry of Social Welfare, the
Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division
will organise various programmes at their respective institutions, maintaining
the social distancing and health guidelines.
Use of virtual platforms should get priority in
holding Mourning Day programmes.
In accordance with the national programmes, district
and upazila administrations will draw up their respective programmes, including
discussions and doa mahfils, marking the National Mourning Day maintaining the
social distancing.
Use of virtual platforms should get priority in
holding those programmes and government officials must join the programmes at
district and upazila levels.
District councils and municipalities will join the
programmes to be organized by the district and upazila administrations while
city corporations, municipalities and union parishads will also take programmes
coinciding with the national programmes, maintaining social distancing, to
observe the National Mourning Day with due respect at their respective
institutions.
Bangladesh
missions abroad will also hoist the national flag half-mast and organize
discussions marking the day.