The government, ruling party Awami League and different socio-cultural, political and professional bodies organised elaborate programmes to pay their homage to the greatest Bangali of all time.
The national flag was flown at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous offices, educational institutions, private buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a bloody coup along with his family members and relatives at his Dhanmondi 32 residence on August 15, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army officers. The murders set the stage for decades of military rule when the killers had enjoyed diplomatic privileges and political rehabilitation.
President Abdul Hamid and Premier
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
placed floral wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi 32 and stood in solemn silence for some time in the morning. A contingent of the Armed Forces gave a state salute and bugle played the last post.
Later, flanked by her senior party colleagues, Hasina, also the head of the Awami League, placed another wreath at the portrait on behalf of the party.
In front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Bangladesh Mahila Awami League arranged milad and doa mahfil. The premier and her family members joined the event.
From there, Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana went to Banani Graveyard and paid respect to their mother Fazilatunnesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russel and other deaders of the August 15 carnage.
The prime minister then went to Tungipara at the shrine of Bangabandhu and placed floral wreath there. The chiefs of the three services also gave salute to the father of the nation.
The speaker placed wreaths at the grave of Bangabandhu followed by the central leaders of the party. Supporters of AL's different associated bodies and several socio-political organizations also placed floral wreaths there.