PM pays tributes to Bangabandhu

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the Jail Killing Day.

The Prime Minister placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi in the city at 7.00 am on Thursday.

The nation is observing the mournful Jail Killing Day today (Nov 3) by paying rich tributes to four national leaders and Liberation War heroes, who were brutally murdered inside the Dhaka Central Jail in 1975.

The four great sons of the soil– Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, A H M Quamruzzaman and Captain Mansur Ali– were shot dead following repeated bayonet charges on the fateful day, less than three months after the August 15 massacre.

Bangladesh Awami League (AL), its associate organisations and other socio- political bodies have drawn up an elaborate programme to observe the day in a befitting manner.

The programme includes hoisting of national and party flags at half-mast at Bangabandhu Bhaban, central AL office and other party offices.

Wreaths will be placed at the graves of the martyrs of August 15 and the three national leaders Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain Mansur Ali at the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka city in the morning. Special prayers were also offered at that time.

AL will hold a discussion at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at 3.00pm. AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting.

Wreaths will be also laid at the grave of AHM Quamruzzaman, the other national leader, at Qadirganj Graveyard in Rajshahi city.

AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader called upon the leaders and activists of all party units and associate organisations to observe the Jail Killing Day with due respect and solemnity.