BSS, Dhaka :The 53rd anniversary of death of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner today.Different political parties, socio-cultural and professional bodies have drawn up various programmes to observe the day.The programmes include holding of discussion meetings, placing wreaths and offering doa and munajat at Sher-e-Bangla’s mazar in the city.President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages marking the death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla.They paid glowing tributes to the late leader and recalled his struggle for economic freedom of the peasants and toiling people of this country.They also prayed for eternal peace of his departed soul. In his message, President Abdul Hamid said Sher-e-Bangla was an extraordinary wise political leader.”He was an extraordinary meritorious orator,” he said, adding that the nation remembers with profound respect the contribution of Sher-e-Bangla in socio-economic development of the farmers and toiling masses of this country.The formation of the Debt Settlement Board by Sher-e-Bangla to free the repressed and exploited farmers from debt is still appreciated by all quarters,” the President said.In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Sher-e-Bangla had struggled throughout his life for economic emancipation of the peasants of this country.She recalled that it was because of him that the Bengali peasants were freed from feudal exploitation.”It was the movement led by him that culminated in the Land Tenancy Act,” she said.Sheikh Hasina praised Sher-e-Bangla’s love for the poor and underprivileged and hoped it would inspire people of this country.
