Independence Day today
Sunday, 26 March 2017
The nation will celebrate the great Independence and National Day today (Sunday) taking a fresh vow to advance the country's development and democracy building a happy prosperous 'Sonar Bangla' free from poverty, reports UNB.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on Saturday on the occasion of day. "Being imbued with the spirit of our great Liberation War, let's take a fresh vow to advance our country's development and democracy," she said in a message.
The Prime Minister urged all to join hands to build a non-communal, hunger-poverty-free and happy prosperous 'Sonar Bangla' as dreamt by the Father of the Nation.
She paid her deep homage to the 3 million martyrs and 200 thousand women who lost their innocence in the War of Liberation.
The Prime Minister also paid her tributes to four national leaders who led the War of Liberation.
The occupation forces unleashed a sudden attack and started killing innocent and unarmed Bangalees on the black night of 25th March 1971, the Prime Minister mentioned.
They killed thousands of people in cities and towns, including Dhaka. Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman officially proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh at the first hour of the 26th March 1971.
Bangabandhu's proclamation was spread all over the country through telegrams, tele-printers and EPR wireless.
The independence earned through supreme sacrifices of millions of people is the greatest achievement of Bangalee nation.