Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Bangladesh-BDU celebrated the 48th martyrdom anniversary and National Mourning Day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through various programs.
On the occasion of National Mourning Day on Tuesday (August 15, 2023) morning, the national flag was hoisted half-mast in front of the administrative and academic buildings. Then under the leadership of the Liberation War Minister A.K.M. Mozammel Haque, Professor Dr. Muhammad Mahfuzul Islam, Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Bangladesh, along with teachers, students, officials and employees of the university paid tribute by placing wreaths at the portrait of the Father of the Nation located in front of Kaliakair Upazila Parishad.
After laying wreaths in the university’s academic building on August 15, 1975, in memory of the martyrs of Bangabandhu’s family including the father of the Bengali nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, the Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Muhammad Mahfuzul Islam, Pro-Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Mahbubul Alam Zoardar, Treasurer Professor Dr. Md. Anwar Hossain along with teachers, students, officers and employees of the university prayed for the departed souls.
Later, the film ‘August 1975’ was screened in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Muhammad Mahfuzul Islam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Mahbubul Alam Joarder, Treasurer Prof. Dr. Md. Anwar Hossain.
Besides, in the evening, candles are lit in the halls of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Bangladesh in memory of the martyrs of the Bangabandhu family including Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.