Tributes paid to Bangabandhu

Hundreds of people from all walks of life, particularly leaders and workers of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies, yesterday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city in observance of his 44th Homecoming Day.
On this day in 1972, Bangabandhu, the architect of Bangladesh, returned to the sacred soil of independent and sovereign Bangladesh via London and New Delhi after remaining imprisoned in jails in Pakistan during the entire nine-month-long Liberation War.
With the return of Bangabandhu, the long arduous struggle for independence of Bangalees culminated into a totality. The hopes and aspirations of the people would not have fulfilled without the presence of the supreme commander of the war of liberation in a new-born nation.
As people from all strata thronged the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road-32 from different localities since early morning for placing wreaths on the portrait of Bangabandhu, the eastern and western crossings of the road on the banks of Dhanmondi Lake turned into a sea of people.
At about 7 am, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the head of the government placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu there. She stood there in solemn silence for sometime as a mark of respect to the chief architect of the country’s independence. Later, Sheikh Hasina, as the president of ruling Awami League, along with party stalwarts placed wreaths at Bangabandhu’s portrait.
Awami League Advisory Council members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta, party presidium members Begum Matia Chowdhury and Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, joint general secretaries Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif and Dr Dipu Moni and organising secretaries AFM Bahauddin Nasim and Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury were present, among others.
After departure of Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from the venue, leaders of Dhaka City Awami League (AL), Awami Juba League, Awami Swechchasebak League, Mahila Awami League, Juba Mahila League, Jatiya Sramik League, Bangladesh Chhatra League and other socio-cultural-professional bodies placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu.