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May Day today

Staff Correspondent
The historic May Day will be observed today to recognise the rights of labourers, as part of an ongoing struggle to end exploitation of labour the world over.
The day will commemorate the toiling people's sacrifice for the first successful movement of the working class and their courage to speak out against injustice.
The day is glorified with supreme sacrifice of the labourers at Hay Market of Chicago, USA, in 1886. Police fired on a crowd of workers agitating for their rights, including eight-hour workday, leaving scores killed.
The International Labour Conference in Paris decided on July 14, 1889 to make the day memorable. It declared that May 1 would be observed as the day of international workers' solidarity and establishment of working people's rights. The day has been observed around the world since 1890.
President Iajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and President of the main opposition Awami League Sheikh Hasina gave messages on the International Labour Day.
Today is a public holiday. Newspapers will run special supplements and electronic media will broadcast programmes highlighting the significance of the day.
Major political parties, including the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Awami League, Jatiya Party and left-leaning parties, have taken up programmes.
Socio-political and cultural organisations and trade unions have planned out rallies, discussions and
musical events today.
The Sex Network of Bangladesh will bring out a procession, demanding rights of sex workers.
The Bangladesh Garment Workers and Employers Federation will stage a rally and a red-flag procession in the city.
A committee against rickshaw ban will organise a protest rally at the Centarl Shaheed Minar and a procession.
The Karmojibi Nari will submit a memorandum to the labour directorate with a demand for equal wages.
The Blood Donors Federation will organise a blood donation programme at a community centre in Dhanmondi.
The Bangladesh Communist Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, National Hawkers Federation, National Home and Domestic Women Workers Union, Dhaka City Cab Drivers Association, Bangladesh Trade Union Kendro, Sramik Karmochari Oikya Parishad, Bangladesh Muslim Dal and Bangladesh Nagorik Samaj, among others, have organised programmes to mark the day.