Month of Victory begins today

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BSS, Dhaka :
The nation is set to celebrate the Month of Victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout the month of December that begins on Sunday.
Forty-eight years back on December 16, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation and the supreme sacrifices of three million people and the honour of nearly half a million women.
Different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organisations have chalked out
numerous programmes to celebrate the nation’s great victory that was achieved under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The programmes will include placing of wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in capital and processions, discussions, photo exhibition and cultural events.
Different organizations will observe the first day of December 1 on Sunday as the ‘Freedom Fighters Day’.
Dhaka University (DU) teachers, students, officers and employees will take various initiatives on the campus on Sunday as part of the Victory Day celebration programme.
Besides, another function titled “First Dawn of Month of Victory” will be staged at Hakim Chattar on the Dhaka University (DU) campus at 7 am on Sunday under the arrangement of ‘Podokkhep Bangladesh’.
DU Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration) Prof Dr Muhammad Samad will attend it as the chief guest.
Different cultural organizations will perform music in the function to mark the day.
To inaugurate month-long programmes, Bangabandhu Parishad will hold a discussion at its central office here at 10 am on Sunday. Besides, many other organizations including -‘Amra Muktijoddhar Shantan’ and the National Freedom Fighters (FF) Foundation- will organise various programmes across the country to celebrate the month of victory.
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