BSS, Dhaka :The Dhaka University yesterday celebrated the “Flag Hoisting Day” with due respect to mark the first hoisting of Bangladesh’s flag on the university campus on this day in 1971.”On March 2, 1971 flag of Independent Bangladesh was hoisted for the first time at Bat-tala on Dhaka University campus, which was a unique milestone forIndependence Movement of Bangalees,”Vice-Chancellor of DU Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique told a discussion after hoisting a national flag on the premises of Bat-tala yesterday morning.Describing the significance of the first flag hoisting, Prof Siddique said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman realised that an independent state is needed for the emancipation of Bangalees when he initiated Language Movement in 1948.
