Sheikh Jamal’s birthday observed

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City Desk :
The 67th birthday of Sheikh Jamal, son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed on Tuesday in a befitting manner.To mark the day, Bangladesh Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies paid rich tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Jamal, a freedom fighter, by placing wreaths at his Banani graveyard in the city in the morning. Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary and Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, on behalf of AL, placed a wreath at Jamal’s grave at Banani in the city while AL Office Secretary Biplab Barua, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan and Swechchhasebak League General Secretary Afzalur Rahman Babu were, among others, present.
On the occasion, Surah Fatiha was offered as well as a special munajat and doa mahfil was also held there.
Born on April 28 in 1954 at Tungipara in Gopalganj, Sheikh Jamal did his matriculation from Dhaka Residential Model College and intermediate from Dhaka College. He joined the 1971 War of Liberation. While studying at Dhaka College, Jamal traveled to Yugoslavia for military training under the auspices of the Yugoslav army. Subsequently, he received training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Great Britain. He joined the Bangladesh Army as a Commissioned Officer.

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