Bangladesh Awami League (AL), one of the country’s oldest political parties, is celebrating its 70th founding anniversary in a befitting manner, reports BSS.
Founded on this day in 1949, Awami League has been transformed into an organisation of the masses by leading all the democratic-political-social-cultural movements including the long arduous struggle for freedom and the War of Liberation.
The anniversary programme began by placing wreaths at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the premises of Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi at 8:30 am.
To mark the anniversary, national and party flags are being hoisted atop all party offices including the central office.
A delegation of Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) led by Presidium member Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruq Khan placed wreaths at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu at Tungipara in Gopalganj at 11 am.
The delegation included ALCWC member Abul Hasnat Abdullah, Agriculture and Cooperatives Secretary Faridunnahar Laily, Religious Affairs Secretary Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Labour and Manpower Affairs Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, and ALCWC members SM Kamal Hossain and Marufa Akhter Popi.
A discussion meeting will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here at 4pm on June 24. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the discussion.
Political analysts and distinguished personalities think that the achievements of Awami League are the achievements of Bangladesh and its people.