Historic Six-Point Day today --

The historic Six-Point Day, marking the demand for autonomy for the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, will be observed today (Friday) across the country, reports BSS.

To mark the day, different socio-political organisations, including ruling Awami League, its associate bodies and like-minded socio-cultural organisations, have taken elaborate programmes.

On June 7 in 1966, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the 6-point demand, the Magna Carta of the Bangalees, seeking autonomy for the then East Pakistan.

Eleven people, including Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were gunned down by the police and paramilitary EPR on June 7, 1966 in Dhaka and Narayanganj during a hartal called for the release of Bangabandhu and other leaders detained for launching the Six-Point Movement against the then barbaric ruling clique.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the Six-Point Day.