Jail Killing Day: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu, 4 nat’l leaders

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders marking the Jail Killing Day.

Sheikh Hasina first laid a wreath as the prime minister at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in the capital at 7 am. During the time, she stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the architect of independent Bangladesh.

Members of the Cabinet and central leaders of Awami League and its associate bodies were present on the occasion. Later, flanked by senior party leaders, Sheikh Hasina laid another wreath at the portrait of the father of the nation as the president of Awami League and paid homage to the great leader.  

The premier later went to the Banani Graveyard and paid rich tributes to martyrs of the August 15 and November 3 of 1975 massacres.

On 3 November, 1975, four national leaders and Liberation War heroes - Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmed, Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Kamruzzaman - were assassinated inside Dhaka Central Jail.  The four leaders had played a key role in forming the Mujibnagar government in exile that led to the Liberation War of 1971 with Syed Nazrul Islam as the acting president, Tajuddin Ahmed as the prime minister, Mansur Ali as the finance minister and AHM Qamruzzaman as the home, relief and rehabilitation minister.