Shaheed Asad Day today ---

The stage is all set to commemorate the supreme sacrifice of the student leader, Shaheed Asaduzzaman Asad, as his 55th martyrdom anniversary will be observed today (Saturday), reports BSS.

On January 20 in 1969, Asad, the hero of the 1969 mass upsurge, was gunned down by the Pakistani police at a protest against the atrocities on the people of East Pakistan at a rally held near Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

The death of Asad, the then a master's student of Dhaka University (DU), took the mass upsurge to the highest peak.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages paying tributes to the memory of Shaheed Asad on the occasion.

In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said January 20 is a significant day in the history of Liberation War of Bangladesh as student leader Mohammad Asadu-zzaman was killed in police firing in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on this day in 1969.