Nur Hossain Day today -

Shaheed Nur Hossain Day, a red-letter day to restore democracy in the country, will be observed today (November 10) with due solemnity, reports BSS.
On this day in 1987, Awami Jubo League leader Nur Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans "Free democracy" and "Down with autocracy", embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration at Zero Point in the city, now known as Shaheed Nur Hossain Square.
AJL leader Nurul Huda Babul and farmers' leader Aminul Huda Tito of Bajitpur in Kishoreganj district were also killed in police firing during the mass movement for restoration of democracy against autocratic rule.
The martyrdom of Nur Hossain and others during the mass upsurge of late 1990s expedited the anti-autocracy movement. In the face of the movement, the then autocratic ruler had to step down on December 6 in 1990.
Since then, the day is being observed every year as the Shaheed Nur Hossain Day.