The 24th anniversary of death of Mohammad Farhad, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, will be observed today.
The Communist Party and the Mani Singh-Farhad Trust has called up programmes to mark the day with due respect across the country.
Wreaths will be placed at the grave of Mohammad Farhad at Banani graveyard and to his portrait at Purana Paltan in the morning. The Communist Party will hold a discussion at its central office in the afternoon and local units also hold programmes.
The Mohammad Farhad Community Hospital at Farhads ancestral home at Balaramhat of Boda in Panchagarh will also organise programmes of tree planting, health camp, prayer session and discussion.
Farhad, also a former member of the parliament, died on October 9 in 1987 in Moscow at the age of 49.
Born on July 5, 1938 in Dinajpur, Farhad and actively participated in the language movement of 1952, education movement of 1962, mass uprising of 1969, War of Independence and anti-Ershad movements in 1980s.
Farhad as the key organiser of the NAP-Chhatra Union Guerrilla Force in the war of independence and one of the organisers of the movement against military rule after Ershad's coup d'état in 1982.
In his 35-year political career, Farhad had been either in hiding or in jail for 14 years. He had contested 1986 general election and won from Debiganj-Boda constituency.
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