The 44th anniversary of death of Marxist revolutionary Earnesto Che Guvera, who was one of the architects of the Cuban revolution and had led a campaign against imperialism afterwards, will be observed today in Bangladesh like elsewhere in the world.
Che, an Argentine-born communist internationalist who became a revolutionary legend in his lifetime, still inspires progressive and anti-imperialist forces across continents struggling for a better future for mankind.
A number of organisations have chalked up various programmes to mark the day.
Social activists under the banner of Che Sanghati on Saturday held a discussion, recital of poems and a concert of people's songs at Rabindra Sarobar amphitheatre in Dhaka on the occasion.
Writer Ahmad Rafiq, Asaduzzman Noor MP, Sajjad Sharif, Zahid Reza Noon and Parvez Chowdhury joined in the discussion while musical troupes Udichi and Mrittika rendered people's songs in the programme.
Cultural group Wrishiz will hold a similar programme at the same venue today.
Born in the Argentine city of Rosario, Che travelled across Latin America in 1952 and 1953 and was shocked to witness widespread economic disparity and miseries of the working class.
He became convinced that violence was necessary to overturn the unjust social order in the region.
He met Fidel Castro in Mexico in 1955 and quickly joined the uprising against the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolution triumphed in January 1959 of which Che was a key player.
After liberating Cuba, Che decided to spread revolution and led a group of Cuban revolutionaries fighting side by side with Marxist guerrillas in Congo before going to Bolivia in late 1966.
There he led a small clutch of rebels for 11 months trying to spread revolution to the peoples fighting against imperialism and its lakeys.
The Bolivian army and the US Central Intelligence Agency agents captured an ill Che during a battle in the village of La Higuera, and executed him on October 9, 1967. He was 39.
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