Sheikh Russel’s birthday observed

block
BSS, Dhaka :
The 57th birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed on Sunday.
Sheikh Russel, also the youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi here.
Russel along with most of his family members, including his father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was brutally killed on August 15 in 1975 when he was a student of class four at University Laboratory School.
Different socio-cultural organisations, including the associate bodies of the ruling Awami League, took various programmes to observe the birthday of Sheikh Russel.
To mark the day, Awami League placed a wreath at the graves of the all martyrs, including Sheikh Russel, of the 15 August carnage in 1975, in the city’s Banani graveyard.
Besides, fateha, milad and doa mahfil were also arranged there by the party members.
On the occasion of the birthday, the Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organisations and various social and cultural organisations undertook extensive programmes.
Various organisations including Awami League paid their glowing tributes by laying wreaths at the graves of the martyrs killed of August 15, including Sheikh Russel, at Banani graveyard on Sunday morning.
block