Shaheed Dr Milon Day today (Tuesday)

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today (Tuesday) commemorating the 28th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), reports BSS.

Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, who was also a teacher of Dhaka Medical College (DMC), was killed by the goons of autocrat Ershad near the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University at the height of anti-autocracy movement on the day in 1990.

On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages recalling the supreme sacrifice of Dr Milon for the cause of restoration of democracy.

Different political parties, socio-cultural organisations and professional bodies have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.