Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted the country’s Freedom Fighters on the occasion of the 48th Victory Day on Sunday (Dec 16).
Like the previous years, the premier sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the war-wounded freedom fighters at Martyred and War-wounded Freedom Fighters’ Rehabilitation Centre (Muktijoddha Tower-1) on Gaznavi Road at Mohammadpur in the city as a mark of her good wishes for them.
PMO officials led by Protocol Officer SM Khurshid-ul-Alam handed over the items to the war-wounded FFs.
The freedom fighters thanked and expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for remembering them on every national day and festival like the Independence Day, the Victory Day, Eid and Pahela Baishakh, said Alam.
They also expressed gratitude to the PM for undertaking various steps for their rehabilitation, including the construction of Muktijoddha Tower-1, a 13-storey residential and commercial building, at Mohammadpur, according to the PM’s protocol officer.
There are residential flats and shops in the Muktijoddha Tower-1 for 80 families of the war-wounded Freedom Fighters.
Bangladesh is celebrating the 48th Victory Day today marking the most precious day when the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long War of Liberation.
Forty-seven years back on Dec 16 in 1971, Bangladesh emerged as an independent country under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.