Shaheed Milon Day today

Shaheed Dr Milon Day, commemorating the 23rd martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, will be observed today (Wednesday) across the country in a befitting manner, reports BSS.

On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint- secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was gunned down by some terrorists on Dhaka University (DU) campus during the anti-autocracy movement.

The anti-autocracy movement got momentum following the martyrdom of Dr Milon and the autocratic ruler had to step down in the face of the movement of students and the general masses.

Different socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies have drawn up various programmes in observance of the day in a befitting manner.