AL observes first day of Mournful August

The first day of the mournful month of August commemorating the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, was observed with paying glowing tributes to him, reports BSS.
Ruling Awami League's front organizations- Awami Swechchhasebak League, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Bangladesh Matsyajibi League brought out candlelight processions towards Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 at one-minute past zero hours.
Leaders and workers of the three organisations assembled with candlelight on the premises of Bangabandhu's residence at Dhanmondi-32 which is now Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. They paid homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait there.
Awami Swechchhasebak League president Gazi Mesbaul Hossain Sachchu and General Secretary AKM Afzalur Rahman Babu led the procession.
BCL president Saddam Hussain and General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Enan led their programme while other central leaders, Dhaka University unit, Dhaka city north and south units' leaders joined it.
As part of the central programme of AL, a voluntary blood and plasma donation programme was inaugurated at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) at Khamarbari in the city on Tuesday morning under the arrangement of Krishak League.
On the first day of the month of mourning, month-long Quran khatam programme began under the arrangement of Awami Jubo League.
The organisation also distributed foods among distressed people in front of the AL's Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the capital.