Programmes taken to observe ‘Mujibnagar Day’ amid pandemic
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DHAKA, April 16, 2021 (BSS) – Several programmes have been taken to observe the historic Mujibnagar Day tomorrow in compliance with the health rules in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are expected to issue separate messages on the eve of the day recalling the historic event.
The day will begin with the hoisting of the national flag at sunrise at Liberation War Memorial Centre (Muktijuddho Srity Kendro) at Mujibnagar in Meherpur district.
Later, wreaths will be laid at 9:30 am at the Liberation War Memorial Center in Mujibnagar abiding by the health rules.
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The historic Mujibnagar Day will be observed on Saturday marking the oath-taking ceremony of country’s first government on April 17, 1971.
Following the Pakistan army’s genocide on unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25 in 1971, senior leaders of Awami League assembled at Baidyanathtala in Meherpur on April 17 to form the provisional government of independent Bangladesh.
Baidyanathtala, mainly a mango orchard, was later named Mujibnagar after ceremonial formation of the provisional government of Bangladesh.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was declared the first president of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, while Syed Nazrul Islam was appointed the acting president in the absence of Bangabandhu.
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