Shaheed Noor Hossain Day today

Shaheed Noor Hossain Day is being observed on Thursday with due solemnity, commemorating the martyrdom of the young pro-democracy activist during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s.

Leaders and activists of different political parties, including Awami League and BNP, their associate bodies, have paid tribute to the martyr by placing wreaths at Noor Hossain Square in the capital.

‘Zero Point’ in the capital’s Gulistan area was renamed as ‘Noor Hossain Chattar’ (square) after the young man was gunned down near it by police on November 10, 1987.

President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia issued separate messages on the occasion.

On November 10, 1987 Noor Hossain, a leader of Awami Juba League, was killed in police firing when he had staged protest against the autocratic rule of then Lt Gen HM Ershad at the capital’s zero point near Gulistan by painting the historic slogan ‘Gonotantra Mukti Pak, Swairachar Nipat Jak’ (Let democracy be freed, down with autocracy) on his back and chest.