Events on 'black night' sketched
Different organisations have outlined elaborate programmes to observe the historic March 25 tonight, the moment when Pakistani forces launched a wild crackdown on unarmed Bangalees in 1971.
Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, a forum for secular Bangladesh, will arrange a candlelight procession tonight from the Central Shaheed Minar to the killing field of Jagannath Hall, Dhaka University (DU).
The procession will be preceded by a discussion on the Shaheed Minar premises, to be participated by political leaders, freedom fighters, and family members of the martyrs.
Build Bangla, an event management firm, will observe a one-minute silence on the Shaheed Minar premises in the evening today commemorating the "black night" of 1971.
An art competition for children will also be held at the Central Shaheed Minar today. National Child Parliament of Bangladesh Foundation will organise the event.
Bangla Academy and DU's music and drama department have planned separate cultural programmes.
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