Ruling party Awami League will observe the anniversary of its president, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, being imprisoned under the military-backed caretaker regime in 2007 on Saturday.
AL and its associate bodies observe the day as the ‘Imprisonment Day of Sheikh Hasina’.
The Awami League president was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government, which assumed power in the political changeover of 1/11 in 2007.
Dhaka City North AL will organize a discussion at 11 am at the party’s central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue.
AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will address the discussion virtually as the chief guest with Dhaka city south AL President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman in the chair.
General secretary of the North unit SM Mannan Kochi will conduct the session.
AL and its associate bodies have taken various programmes, including discussions and milad and doa mahfils, to observe the day, maintaining the health guidelines and social distancing.
Obaidul Quader in a statement called upon the countrymen to pray to Almighty Allah for healthy and long life of Sheikh Hasina, maintaining the health protocols.
He simultaneously urged all to extend cooperation to the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina being imbued with the spirit of Liberation War and democratic values by lighting up the flame of patriotism in the minds of Bangalees and creating a shield to overcome the crisis.
AL President Sheikh Hasina was released from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) Building on June 11 in 2008 after remaining captive there for nearly 11 months.
Source: United News of Bangladesh