Desk Report: The National Mourning Day, commemorating the 45th anniversary of Bangabandhu’s tragic assassination, will be observed across the country on August 15th.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military putsch on August 15 in 1975, along with most of his family members. The predawn attacks left a total of 24 people killed.
The victims also include Bangabandhu’s wife Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and nine-year-old Sheikh Russell, daughters-in-law Sultana Kamal and Parveen Jamal, brother Sheikh Naser, nephew Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni and his wife Begum Arju Moni, brother-in-law Abdur Rab Serniabat, 13-year-old Baby Serniabat, Serniabat’s son Arif and four-year-old grandson Babu, three guests, Bangabandhu’s four domestic helps, and his security chief Col Jamil Uddin Ahmed.
Bangabandhu’s two daughters — Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana — could escape the bloodbath as they were abroad at the time.
Like previous years, the government, Awami League and different political and socio-cultural organisations, educational institutions and professional groups will chalk out elaborate programmes to pay the utmost respect to the greatest son of the soil on the day of his martyrdom.
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