Bangladesh s National Mourning Day observed in Agartala
Wednesday - August 15, 2018 5:02 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Agartala Aug 15 (IANS) The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission here on Wednesday observed the country s "National Mourning Day" to mark the 43rd death anniversary of the first Bangladesh President "Bangabandhu" Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
A day-long programme was organised by the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission to mark the day. Messages of the Bangladesh President Prime Minister and Foreign Minister were read out.
Bangladesh s Assistant High Commissioner Shakhawat Hossain said that on this day in 1975 Rahman was brutally assassinated by a group of army officers.
"Bangabandhu s wife sons and daughters-in-law were also killed in the massacre one of the most heinous carnage in world history. Sixteen others all close to Sheikh Mujib were shot dead at his Dhanmondi residence " Hossain said.
Bangabandhu s daughters -- Sheikh Hasina incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Sheikh Rehana survived as they were abroad at the time of the killings he stated.
--IANS sc/pgh/bg
A day-long programme was organised by the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission to mark the day. Messages of the Bangladesh President Prime Minister and Foreign Minister were read out.
Bangladesh s Assistant High Commissioner Shakhawat Hossain said that on this day in 1975 Rahman was brutally assassinated by a group of army officers.
"Bangabandhu s wife sons and daughters-in-law were also killed in the massacre one of the most heinous carnage in world history. Sixteen others all close to Sheikh Mujib were shot dead at his Dhanmondi residence " Hossain said.
Bangabandhu s daughters -- Sheikh Hasina incumbent Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Sheikh Rehana survived as they were abroad at the time of the killings he stated.
--IANS sc/pgh/bg
