BSS, Chittagong :
Brisk preparations are afoot in this port city as elsewhere in the district to observe the National Mourning Day tomorrow (August 15) marking the 41st martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner.
Besides the national programmes, Bangladesh Awami League and its front organizations, educational institutions, different socio-cultural and professional bodies have chalked out detailed programmes in observance of the martyrdom of the father of the nation and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975.
To mark the day, Chittagong district administration will organize various programmes including a mourning procession in the morning with the participation of people from all walks of life, placing wreaths on the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Shilphakala Academy at 10am, exhibition of the documentary on the life of Bangabandhu, milad mahfil, khatme Quran, special prayer at mosques, temples, churches and pagodas and discussion meeting on Bangabandhu.
Essay competition, poetry recitation, discussion meetings are also there in the programmes of the district administration. Shishu Academy has arranged an essay and cultural competition programme.
Islamic Foundation Chittagong has organized hamd and nath competition at its auditorium for the students up to class five. Prizes will be distributed later.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has finalized a two-day elaborate programme in conformity with the national programme to observe the day in a befitting manner.
The CCC will organize a 35-kilometer human chain to mark the National Mourning day in the port city from 9.30am.
The CCC programme included a discussion meeting on Bangabandhu at CCC auditorium, placing wreaths on the portraits of Bangabandhu, khatme Quran, milad mahfil and easy competition, mourning procession at 9am and hoisting the national and CCC flags at half-mast. CCC Mayor A Z M Nasir Uddin will address the functions as chief guest.
As per official programme, the national flag will be hoisted at half-mast atop all public and private buildings in the city.
Joint secretary of Chittagong city Awami League advocate Iftaker Saimul Chowdhury told BSS that the party will organize two-day programme on August 15.
The programmes include placing of wreaths on the portrait of Bangabandhu, discussion meeting, khatme Quran and doa mahfils, bringing out mourning processions, hoisting black flags, wearing of black badges, playing of the historic speeches of Bangabandhu and feeding of the destitute at city’s Rima Convention Center.
Besides, leaders and workers of AL Chittagong city, south and north district units and its different front organizations will gather at respective party offices in the morning on August 15 and pay homage to the late leader by placing wreaths on his portraits. They will also arrange programmes in line with central Awami League.
City units of Bangladesh Communist Party, Gonoforum, Chittagong Press Club and Chittagong Union of Journalists, Press Information Department, Chittagong, Institution of Engineers, Chittagong centre, Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Islamic Foundation, Jubo league, Civil Surgeon office, Chittagong, Bangabandhu Parisad Chittagong, Sheikh Rasel Smriti Parishad, Greater Chittagong Development Action Council, Projonmo-71, different trade unions and Shaheed Smriti Pathagar are among the organizations which will arrange separate discussion meetings, khatme Quran and doa mahfil to mark the day.
Chittagong centres of Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar will air special programmes while local dailies will publish special articles focusing the life and contributions of the great leader of the country’s independence movement.
Meanwhile, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and district police have adopted three-tier security measures in the city and across the district on the occasion.
The law enforcers have beefed up security measures in the backdrop of the recent militant attacks across the country.
Besides, CMP has also set up nearly 100 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at different strategic points to monitor the security measures arranged for the city dwellers.
Brisk preparations are afoot in this port city as elsewhere in the district to observe the National Mourning Day tomorrow (August 15) marking the 41st martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner.
Besides the national programmes, Bangladesh Awami League and its front organizations, educational institutions, different socio-cultural and professional bodies have chalked out detailed programmes in observance of the martyrdom of the father of the nation and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975.
To mark the day, Chittagong district administration will organize various programmes including a mourning procession in the morning with the participation of people from all walks of life, placing wreaths on the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Shilphakala Academy at 10am, exhibition of the documentary on the life of Bangabandhu, milad mahfil, khatme Quran, special prayer at mosques, temples, churches and pagodas and discussion meeting on Bangabandhu.
Essay competition, poetry recitation, discussion meetings are also there in the programmes of the district administration. Shishu Academy has arranged an essay and cultural competition programme.
Islamic Foundation Chittagong has organized hamd and nath competition at its auditorium for the students up to class five. Prizes will be distributed later.
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has finalized a two-day elaborate programme in conformity with the national programme to observe the day in a befitting manner.
The CCC will organize a 35-kilometer human chain to mark the National Mourning day in the port city from 9.30am.
The CCC programme included a discussion meeting on Bangabandhu at CCC auditorium, placing wreaths on the portraits of Bangabandhu, khatme Quran, milad mahfil and easy competition, mourning procession at 9am and hoisting the national and CCC flags at half-mast. CCC Mayor A Z M Nasir Uddin will address the functions as chief guest.
As per official programme, the national flag will be hoisted at half-mast atop all public and private buildings in the city.
Joint secretary of Chittagong city Awami League advocate Iftaker Saimul Chowdhury told BSS that the party will organize two-day programme on August 15.
The programmes include placing of wreaths on the portrait of Bangabandhu, discussion meeting, khatme Quran and doa mahfils, bringing out mourning processions, hoisting black flags, wearing of black badges, playing of the historic speeches of Bangabandhu and feeding of the destitute at city’s Rima Convention Center.
Besides, leaders and workers of AL Chittagong city, south and north district units and its different front organizations will gather at respective party offices in the morning on August 15 and pay homage to the late leader by placing wreaths on his portraits. They will also arrange programmes in line with central Awami League.
City units of Bangladesh Communist Party, Gonoforum, Chittagong Press Club and Chittagong Union of Journalists, Press Information Department, Chittagong, Institution of Engineers, Chittagong centre, Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Islamic Foundation, Jubo league, Civil Surgeon office, Chittagong, Bangabandhu Parisad Chittagong, Sheikh Rasel Smriti Parishad, Greater Chittagong Development Action Council, Projonmo-71, different trade unions and Shaheed Smriti Pathagar are among the organizations which will arrange separate discussion meetings, khatme Quran and doa mahfil to mark the day.
Chittagong centres of Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar will air special programmes while local dailies will publish special articles focusing the life and contributions of the great leader of the country’s independence movement.
Meanwhile, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and district police have adopted three-tier security measures in the city and across the district on the occasion.
The law enforcers have beefed up security measures in the backdrop of the recent militant attacks across the country.
Besides, CMP has also set up nearly 100 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at different strategic points to monitor the security measures arranged for the city dwellers.
