Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina honored the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on his historic Homecoming Day. She placed a wreath at the Father of the Nation portrait in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi this morning. Present during the tribute was Bangabandhu’s younger daughter and the prime minister’s younger sister, Sheikh Rehana. After laying the wreath, Prime Minister Hasina observed a moment of solemn silence as a profound mark of respect for the memory of Bangabandhu, the visionary behind Bangladesh’s independence.
Accompanied by central leaders of the Bangladesh Awami League, Prime Minister Hasina, also the party’s president, laid another wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait on behalf of her party. Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander during the Liberation War, returned to independent Bangladesh on January 10, 1972, after 290 days of confinement in a Pakistani jail. Since then, the nation observes this day as the Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation.
PM Releases Commemorative Postage Stamp on Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marked the historic Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by releasing a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover, and a data card. The Prime Minister unveiled the stamp and first-day cover, each valued at Tk 10, and the data card worth Tk 5 at her official residence, Ganobhaban. A special canceller was used for the occasion, as announced by PM’s deputy press secretary KM Shakhawat Moon.
The stamp, first-day cover, and data card will be available for purchase at the Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka GPO, with future availability at other GPOs and head post offices across the country. Special cancellers will be in use at four GPOs for the first-day cover.
