Noor Hossain Day observed
Mother of Noor Hossain places a wreath at Noor Hossain Square in the city on the occasion of the historic Shaheed Noor Hossain Day yesterday. Photo: STAR
The nation yesterday observed the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day with due honour and solemnity commemorating the supreme sacrifice of the pro-democracy movement activist. Noor Hossain, a worker of Awami Jubo League, was killed in police firing at Zero Point in the city during a procession against the then autocratic regime of General Ershad on November 10, 1987. The killing of Noor, whose bare body was inscribed with the slogan ''Down with autocracy, let democracy be freed'', fuelled the ongoing movement leading to the fall of Ershad and paving the way for restoration of democracy. Different political and socio-cultural organisations including Shaheed Noor Hossain Sangshad, Awami League, BNP, Communist Party of Bangladesh, 11 Dal, Bangladesh Chhatra Moitree, Bangladesh Jubo Moitree, Bangladesh Workers' Party and Jatiya Garhasta Nari Sramik Union placed wreaths at Zero Point, now renamed as Noor Hossain Square. Leaders of different organisations recalled Noor's glorious sacrifice in establishing democracy in the country and urged all to strengthen it further.
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