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PM Sheikh Hasina Pays Tribute on Bangabandhu’s Homecoming Day
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.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty winds at most places across the Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas may experience moderately heavy to very heavy rainfall, according to their latest weather bulletin released on Thursday.
Day and night temperatures are expected to remain nearly unchanged across the country.
The highest rainfall in the country over the past 24 hours was recorded in Kumarkhali, with 104mm of rain by 6 a.m. on Thursday.
The axis of the monsoon trough extends from India’s Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal to Assam, passing through Bangladesh, with one of its associated troughs stretching into the North Bay of Bengal.
The monsoon remains active over Bangladesh and moderate to strong over the North Bay region.
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has forecasted that the mild heat wave currently affecting parts of the country, including the capital, is expected to subside in most areas within the next 24 hours, starting from 9 am today.
“A mild heat wave is sweeping across the divisions of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, and Sylhet, as well as the districts of Jashore, Chuadanga, and Kushtia. It is likely to ease in most regions,” the department reported.
In addition, BMD predicted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty winds, across most of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions. Some areas are expected to experience moderate to very heavy rainfall.
Temperatures across the country may drop by 1-2 degrees Celsius during both day and night.
On Monday, Dinajpur in the Rangpur division recorded the country’s highest temperature at 38.6°C, while Bandarban in the Chattogram division saw the lowest temperature at 24.6°C early today.
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded in the past 24 hours, ending at 6 am today, reached 66 mm in Nikli of Dhaka Division.
The sunset in Dhaka is at 5:53 pm today, and sunrise is expected at 5:49 am tomorrow.
Two separate murder cases were filed today in connection with the deaths of a private service holder and a Madrasa student during the anti-discrimination student movement.
The first case was lodged by Ridwan Ahmed with Panchlaish police station, accusing former ministers Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, and 127 others for the death of his nephew Sujan, 14. Sujan, the son of Belal Hossain from Beramara village in Noakhali’s Sadar Thana, was a student at Al Jamirul Hayat Madrasa in the city’s Chandgaon area. He was fatally shot in the Muradpur area on July 18.
The second case was filed by Jamal Uddin at Doublemooring police station, accusing 225 individuals, including Dr. Hasan Mahmud and Education Minister Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Naufel, for the killing of his elder brother Alam, a private service holder, on August 5.
