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Bangladesh is set to observe the Genocide Day today (March 25) remembering the brutality carried out by the Pakistan army on unarmed Bangalees on the dark night of March 25, 1971.
The government has taken various programmes to observe the day at state level with due respect. A one-minute symbolic 'blackout' will be staged today throughout the country marking the day. The "blackout" programme will be arranged from 11pm to 11:01pm to pay homage to those who were killed by Pakistani occupation forces on March 25.
However, emergency services will remain out of the purview of the programme, said an official handout. On the occasion of the Genocide Day, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue special messages. A discussion will be held today at 10:30am at the Liberation War Museum.
Cultural programmes will be organised across the country. Exhibition of rare photographs and screening of documentaries will be arranged in cities including Dhaka. Reminiscence and discussions on the genocide will be held in presence of the eminent personalities and freedom fighters in all educational institutions, including schools, colleges and madrasahs.
Special prayers, seeking eternal peace of the souls of those killed on the fateful night of March 25, will be offered at mosques after Zohr prayers today and other places of worship at their convenient times. Similar programmes will be organized at district-upazila level and Bangladesh missions abroad.
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) unanimously adopted a resolution to observe the March 25 as the "Gonohotya Dibos" (Genocide Day) on March 11, 2017.
Subsequently, the cabinet division at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, unanimously endorsed the decision on March 20 in 2017.
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