UNB, Dhaka :
Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country on Monday, commemorating the 27th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon during the 90s’ anti-autocratic movement.
Various socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional
bodies have chalked out various programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.
The day’s programmes include placing wreaths at the grave of Shaheed Dr Milon on Dhaka Medical College campus, offering ‘fateha’ there and discussions to mark the day.
On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was shot dead by gunmen near TSC on the Dhaka University campus on his way to a meeting against the then autocratic ruler HM Ershad.
The movement got momentum following the martyrdom of Dr Milon and autocratic ruler Ershad had to quit power finally in the face of a vigorous mass movement.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate messages paid homage to Shaheed Dr Milon, recalling his supreme sacrifice for restoration of democracy in the country.
In his message, Abdul Hamid said, “Dr Milon’s sacrifice intensified the then movement for democracy and facilitate restoration of democracy in the country. I believe all democracy-loving people of the country will remember Dr Milon with deep respect.”
In her message, the Prime Minister paid tributes to the memory of Dr Milon and those who embraced martyrdom during the anti-autocratic movement.
Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country on Monday, commemorating the 27th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon during the 90s’ anti-autocratic movement.
Various socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional
bodies have chalked out various programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.
The day’s programmes include placing wreaths at the grave of Shaheed Dr Milon on Dhaka Medical College campus, offering ‘fateha’ there and discussions to mark the day.
On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was shot dead by gunmen near TSC on the Dhaka University campus on his way to a meeting against the then autocratic ruler HM Ershad.
The movement got momentum following the martyrdom of Dr Milon and autocratic ruler Ershad had to quit power finally in the face of a vigorous mass movement.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate messages paid homage to Shaheed Dr Milon, recalling his supreme sacrifice for restoration of democracy in the country.
In his message, Abdul Hamid said, “Dr Milon’s sacrifice intensified the then movement for democracy and facilitate restoration of democracy in the country. I believe all democracy-loving people of the country will remember Dr Milon with deep respect.”
In her message, the Prime Minister paid tributes to the memory of Dr Milon and those who embraced martyrdom during the anti-autocratic movement.
