The nation is set to celebrate the Victory Day, the most precious day of the Bangalies, on December 16 (Monday) as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day in 1971 after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation.
On December 16 in 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country at the cost of supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of nearly half a million women.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will issue separate messages on the occasion, paying glowing tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War in 1971.
The programmes marking the 'Victory Day' will include a 31-gun salute, placing of wreaths at the monuments to pay homage to martyrs, hoisting of the national flags atop all government, semi-government and private offices as well as offices of autonomous bodies across the country.
The victory day programmes also include decorating city streets and illumination of important buildings and establishments, roads and street islands at night. —BSS
