<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">Bangladesh is observing the National Mourning Day to mark the brutal killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members on 15th August 1975.<br />'' <br />''Political leaders, social workers, activists,students, dignitaries from foreign missions and common people paid their respects to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital city Dhaka and across the country. <br />''<br />''The road in front of the Bangabandhu Museum at 32, Dhanmondi house in Dhaka was full of people coming to pay their respects to Bangabandhu. He was killed in his house at 32, Dhanmondi in 1975 by some disgruntled people from the armed forces.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''Early morning at 6.30 a.m. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib while armed forces gave a guard of honour. Later, cabinet members and other senior leaders of the ruling Awami League paid homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib. Prime Minister Hasina also visited the birthplace of Bangabandhu at Tungipara to pay homage to him.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami paid homage to Bangladesh's Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his memorial in the capital city Dhaka. High Commissioner Doraiswami said in a tweet that Bangabandhu was always a hero to all Indians both in life and after his martyrdom.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the organisation of the descendants of the Liberation War fighters Muktijuddha Manch has asked Pakistan government to offer unconditional apology to the people of Bangladesh for the atrocities during 1971 liberation war, the brutal killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib and to desist from overtly or covertly engaging with forces that stood against the Bangladesh Liberation War.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | August 15, 2022 6:23 PM
Bangladesh observes National Mourning Day to mark the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman