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Genocide Day today

One-minute blackout at 9pm

Dead bodies after the genocide on March 25, 1971 — File Photo
Dead bodies after the genocide on March 25, 1971 — File Photo

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The nation is set to observe the 'Genocide Day' today (Monday) in a sombre mood, commemorating the brutalities and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangalees on the night of March 25 in 1971.

On the black night of March 25 in 1971, the Pakistani military junta resorted to mass killings in Dhaka to implement their blueprint to thwart the Awami League's assumption of office following the election mandate of 1970.

In the attack dubbed 'Operation Searchlight', the Pakistani forces mercilessly killed the Bangalee members of the East Pakistan Rifles and police, students, teachers and common people.

They killed people indiscriminately, set fire to houses and property, and looted business establishments, leaving a trail of destruction.

The day will be observed officially for the third time in the country as the Jatiya Sangsad unanimously adopted a resolution on March 11, 2017 to observe March 25 as the Genocide Day.

Different political parties, government and non-government bodies and socio-cultural organisations have taken elaborate programmes to mark the day, UNB reports.

A one-minute 'blackout' programme will be observed from 9.00pm on the occasion. 

Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have issued separate messages on the occasion.

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