Victory Day celebrated across the country

The nation celebrated the 51st Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee people, on Thursday as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on the day 50 years back after a nine-month-long bloodstained war.

The day is a public holiday.

On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the cost of supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of 200000 women.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in capital's outskirts Savar this morning, marking the 51st Victory Day.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman this morning on the occasion.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier also issued separate messages on the occasion, paying glowing tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War in 1971.

The celebration of the Victory Day this year has added a new dimension as the day is set to be celebrated coinciding with the two giant celebrations - birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and golden jubilee of the country's independence.

Marking the two celebrations, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee has taken up a two-day special programme titled 'the Great Hero of the Great Victory' at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad in the city from December 16 to 17.

At the beginning of the first day's programme, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to administer an oath to the nation at 4:30pm today as part of the celebrations.

Source: BSS