AL pays tribute to Bangamata

The ruling Awami League, its associate bodies and other organisations paid Saturday tribute to Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Muijb by placing wreaths at her grave at Banani  in the city on her 85th birth anniversary, reports BSS.

The organisations also held Quran khwani, milad and doa mahfils seeking divine blessings for peace of the departed soul.

Awami League advisory council members Amir Hossain Amu and Tofail Ahmed, presidium members Sahara Khatun and Satish Chandra Roy, joint general secretaries Mahabub-Ul-Alam Hanif and Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak, organising secretaries Ahmed Hossain and Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, Bangladesh Chhatra League President Saifur Rahman Sohag and General Secretary Zakir Hossain were present, among others.

Later, leaders and workers of Dhaka City Awami League, Awami Juba League (AJL), Swechchasebak League (ASL), Jatiya Sramik League, Mahila Awami League, Juba Mahila League, Krishak League and other organisations also placed wreaths at her grave marking her birth anniversary.

On this day in 1930, Begum Fazilatunnessa nicknamed 'Renu' was born at remote Tungipara village in Gopalganj subdivision later upgraded to a district. At her early age, she was married to her cousin Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.