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Homage paid to Bangabandhu

National Mourning Day observed

Staff Correspondent
With a clarion call to bring back the convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu to face justice, the country yesterday observed the National Mourning Day with due solemnity
The nation remembered the Father of the Nation with the deepest respect and emotion on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of his martyrdom.
The government as well as different political and socio-cultural organisations held elaborate programmes marking the day.
On August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu along with most of his family members was assassinated by a section of disgruntled army personnel. His two daughters -- Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, and Sheikh Rehana — escaped the bloodbath as they were abroad then.
Yesterday, ruling Awami League, the parly founded by the Father of the Nation, and the prime minister paid tribute to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Dhanmondi Road No-32 in the capital.
Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League, stood in solemn silence before her father's portrait for some time and prayed for the eternal peace of her lost family members. She also spent some lime and recited from the holy Quran alone inside the museum that once used to be their home
and where her father and family members had been killed.
She later along with senior leaders of her party paid tribute to her mother Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russell and other martyrs of the August 15 at Banani graveyard.
After the prime minister, thousands of AL leaders, workers and supporters, and people from all walks of life wearing black badges also paid rich homage to the Father of the Nation by placing wreath at his portrait.
Awami Swechasebak League arranged a photo exhibition styled as "History SpeaksUp" there.
Black banners and posters covered the entire Road-32 and its adjacent areas. The capital yesterday vibrated with the historic speeches of Bangabandhu played on loudspeakers.
The day was a public holiday. The national flag was hoisted half-mast at all government, s e m i -
government and n o n -government offices across the country.
Special prayers have been offered in mosques, temples, churches and in other places of worship of the country marking the day. State-run Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar as well as private television channels and radio stations aired special programmes highlighting the life, struggle and achievements of the greatest Bangalee leader. Newspapers also brought out supplements on the life and deeds of Bangabandhu on the occasion.
Bangladesh missions abroad also observed the day in a befitting manner.
Meanwhile, students, teachers and officials of Dhaka University yesterday in a discussion at the Teacher-student Centre on the campus urged the government to bring back the absconding killers of Bangabandhu soon and execute the verdict of the murder case.