Bangladesh Wednesday celebrated her38th Independence and National Day paying tributes to the martyred war heroes.
A 31-gun salute at dawn heralded the day. President Professor Iajuddin Ahmed and caretaker government Chief Advisor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed led the nation in paying tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Monument at Savar, 30 km north of capital Dhaka, at sunrise.
Thousands of people from all walks of life paid glowing tributes to the millions of martyrs by placing wreaths at the altar of the monument.
President Ahmed later took salute from a spectacular parade in the capital as the military demonstrated its might on the country's Independence Day.
It was a public holiday. National flags were flown at government and private offices and buildings. To save electricity, the government dropped the program of illumination in the evening.
This day in 1971, Bangladesh was declared independence from Pakistan.
On the occasion, President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed greeted the people issuing separate messages that also carried call for them to work unitedly for building a forward-looking developed Bangladesh based on an equitable society.
Source:Xinhua
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