Newspapers have published special supplements marking the day while televisions and radio stations aired special programs. Special prayers are being offered in mosques, temples, pagodas and other places of worship for the departed souls and the country's peace, progress and prosperity. Imbued with the spirit of independence, government, political, social and cultural organizations drew up programs ensuring social distancing and wearing masks to celebrate the victory of the war. However, the national flag is hoisted atop all government and private buildings while the government and semi-government buildings and other public places illuminated and roads and islands decorated with flags and festoons in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. Victory Day is celebrated every 16 December in Bangladesh to mark the anniversary of the surrender of Pakistan’s armed forces in Bangladesh at the end of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. local time at the altar of the mausoleum.Ī smartly turned-out contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, meanwhile, gave a state salute, while a bugle played a dirge.ĭue to a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases in the cold weather, this year the day is being observed on a limited scale discarding all sorts of massive gathering with the president and the prime minister not being physically present at the mausoleum. On behalf of the president and the prime minister, their military secretaries placed the floral wreaths at around 6:34 a.m. The Victory Day's programs commenced with a 31-gun salute followed by rich tributes of Bangladeshi President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the National Mausoleum in Savar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka in the early hours.
16 (Xinhua) - Bangladesh on Wednesday celebrated its 50th Victory day with due solemnity and rich tributes paid to the martyrs of the Liberation War of 1971. The country on Wednesday celebrated its 50th Victory day. 15, 2020 shows the Bangladesh Supreme Court building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, decorated with colourful lights on the eve of the country's 50th Victory Day.
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