Bangladesh missions across the world observed the National Mourning Day on Monday (August 15), with honour and respect to the Father of the Nation.
They hoisted the National Flag at half-mast and held discussions and commemorative programmes recalling the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who led Bangladesh to independence in 1971.
Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India organised a discussion at its Moitree Hall. Presided over by Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Tariq A Karim, the meeting was addressed, among others, by noted columnist and editor of India Today MJ Akbar, former MP and economist Dr Nitish Sen Gupta, and strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express and columnist Dr C Raja Mohan.
In Washington DC, USA, the Bangladesh Embassy held a discussion and a doa mahfil in the embassy's Bangabandhu Auditorium. Bangladesh Ambassador in USA Akramul Qader, the embassy officials, and the members of Bangladesh communities there attended the programme.
Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York also observed the day with due respect.
Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan observed the day holding discussion on the life and works of Bangabandhu. Chaired by High Commissioner Suhrab Hossain, the programme was attended by the officials and expatriate Bangladeshis.
An elaborate programme including commemorative discussion, screening of documentary, and special prayers was held in the Bangladesh High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
Programmes were held also in the Bangladesh Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The embassy observed the day through hosting the National Flag at half-mast and arranging milad mahfil and recitation.
Source : The Daily Star
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