DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed a wreath at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city this morning marking the historic Six-Point Demand Day.
After laying the wreath, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for sometime as a mark of respect to the memory of Bangabandhu,the architect of independence.
Flanked by Awami League central leaders, Sheikh Hasina Placed another wreath at Bangabandhu's portrait as the party chief.
Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, AL Advisory Council Member Tofail Ahmed, Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Advocate Sahara Khatun and Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, State Minister for Home Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku and State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury were present on the occasion.
Besides, AL Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif, Organizing Secretaries Ahmad Hossain, AFM Bahauddin Nasim and Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, Information and Research Secretary Advocate Afzal Hussain as well as parliament members and other central leaders of the party and its associate organizations were present.
Later, associate bodies of Bangladesh Awami League including
Dhaka city AL, Chhatra League, Jubo League, Sramik League, Krishak League, Mohila Awami Laegue and Sechchhasebak League placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu marking the historic occasion.
On this day in 1966, Bangabandhu launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the Six- Point Demand, the Magna Carta of the Bengalis, demanding autonomy for the then east Pakistan.
Eleven people, including Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were gunned down by the police and paramilitary EPR on the day in Dhaka and Narayanganj during a hartal, called for the release of Bangabandhu and other leaders detained for launching the Six-Point Movement.
Source: theindependentbd.com
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