53rd Victory Day observed in Bagerhat

Bagerhat Correspondent :

The 53rd Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalee people, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation on the day 53 years ago after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation, was celebrated in Bagerhat district town and it’s all the nine Upazilas on Monday in a befitting manner. The day’s programme was heralded with 31 gun salutes. With the sun rise the national flag was hoisted atop all the public and private buildings of the district town.
It was followed with the placing of floral wreaths on Muktijoddha Shahid Minar, situated at Dashanir Mor (turn). Floral wreath was ceremonially placed by Ahmed Kamrul Hasan, DC, Bagerhat on the Shaid Minar on behalf of Bagerhat district administration while the floral wreath was placed by Tawhidul Arif, Police Super of Bagerhat on behalf of Bagerhat district police administration.
Floral wreaths were also placed by Bagerhat district BNP and its front organizations, Jamte Islam, Bagerhat Bar Association, Bagerhat Press Club, different educational institutions and socio-cultural organizations. It was followed with a ceremonial march-past which was atted by the police, Ansars, scouts, BNCC etc. in the stadium.Ahned Kamrul Hasan, DC, Bagerhat took the salute of the ceremonial march past.
A reception ceremony was held in the same stadium in honour of the freedom fighters and the members of those freedom fighters who dedicated their livers in the War of Liberation. A meeting was also held there for the discussion on the significance of the day.
The day’s programme was also included supply of improved diets to prisoners in the jail, patients in the hospitals and the orphans in the orphanages, offering the special prayers in the mosques, temples and churches for the salvation of the departed souls of the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives in the Liberation War of 1971.