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| August 15 public holiday to be cancelled |
| 2024-08-14 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The general holiday on August 15, observed as National Mourning Day, would be cancelled, according to sources within the Ministry of Public Administration. Officials from the ministry on Tuesday confirmed that a notification regarding the cancellation has been prepared. The notification is expected to be issued as soon as instructions from bigwigs are received, potentially as early as Tuesday. If not issued by then, it is expected to be released the following day. Earlier on Tuesday, Home Affairs Advisor to the interim government Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain said: "We will discuss the August 15 holiday this afternoon, and a decision will be made accordingly." He further said: "A significant number of police will be deployed on August 15 to maintain order. We will ensure that no one causes any disruption. Security measures will be comprehensive, with the police, BGB, RAB, and possibly the army, all present." Context, from July 31st: Month of mourning begins Thursday [Dhaka Tribune] The month of mourning begins on Thursday commemorating the liquidation of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975. The August 15 carnage is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history as the self-confessed killers not only assassinated the nation's founding father but also killed 16 other members of his family, friends and relatives. The nation observes with a heavy heart the month of August as the month of mourning to recall the barbaric killing on 1975's 15 August. The August 15 carnage deaders included Bangabandhu's wife Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, his sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russell, daughters-in-law Sultana Kamal and Rosy Jamal, Bangabandhu's brother Sheikh Naser, brother-in-law Abdur Rab Serniabat, nephew and youth leader Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni, Moni's pregnant wife Arzoo Moni and Bangabandhu's military secretary Colonel Jamil. Bangabandhu's two daughters - incumbent Prime Minister ...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was 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 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 showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated... and Sheikh Rehana - escaped the planned liquidation as they were visiting Germany at that time. With the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a pall of gloom descended and a sense of deep sadness spread among the people in the country and across the globe. |
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