![]() ![]() President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital with the rise of the sun Thursday. ![]() The victory day programs also include decorating city streets with miniature national flags and colourful festoons, and illumination of important buildings and establishments, roads and street islands at night. On December 17, a cultural function will be organized on the Sangsad premises around 5:30pm.Īll programs marking the giant celebrations will be held maintaining the health guidelines in face of the global pandemic Covid-19.īesides, the programs marking 'Victory Day' will also include a 31- gun salute, placing of wreaths at the monuments to pay homage to martyrs, and hoisting of the national flags atop all government, semi-government and private offices as well as offices of autonomous bodies across the country. On the occasion, Bangabandhu's younger daughter Sheikh Rehana will present the "Sraddha Smarak- Mujib Chironton" to the guest of honour. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will speak at the event while Chief Coordinator of the implementation committee Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury will deliver the welcome speech. President M Abdul Hamid will be present as the chief guest while his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind will be the guest of honour at the discussion. Marking the two celebrations, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary celebration National Implementation Committee has taken up a two-day special program titled 'The Great Hero of the Great Victory' at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka from December 16 to 17.Īt the beginning of the first day's program, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to administer an oath to the nation at 4:30pm on Thursday as part of the celebrations.Īt the second session of the program, a discussion will be held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. ![]() President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages on the occasion, paying glowing tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War in 1971. The celebration of Victory Day this year has added a new dimension as the day is set to be celebrated coinciding with two giant celebrations - the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country's independence. On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the cost of the supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of nearly half a million women. The nation is set to celebrate the 51st Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangali people, on Thursday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 50 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation. ![]()
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