Govt to observe Nat'l Mourning Day on Aug 15

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The government has decided to observe August 15 as the National Mourning Day, rescinding a previous notification that had stopped the state commemoration of the death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports UNB.

An official announcement said Tuesday that the national flag would be hoisted half-mast at all government and non-government buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad to mark the day.

This day in 1975, the country's independence leader was assassinated in a military putsch.

"The impugned notification issued by the Cabinet Division on August 3, 2002 has been cancelled," says the decision of the caretaker government restoring the 15th of August as the National Mourning Day in the changed context.

The government has made the decision in compliance with court orders. The High Court recently declared illegal the decision taken in 2002 cancelling August 15 as the National Mourning Day and the hoisting of national flag half-mast on the day at government and non-government offices and establishments and at Bangladesh missions abroad.

A regular weekly meeting of the council of advisers with Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the chair decided Sunday last to go by the High Court verdict.