RAJSHAHI, Dec 15, 2023 (BSS) - All preparation have been completed to
celebrate Victory Day here tomorrow in a befitting manner.
The Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), district and divisional administrations
and different organizations have chalked out elaborate programmes to
celebrate the day.
The programmes include hoisting of the national flags atop all public and
private buildings, a 31-gun salute at district police lines, placing of
wreaths at the monuments erected to pay homage to martyrs, decorating city
streets with national flags and colorful posters and illumination of all
public buildings, roads and street islands in the evening.
The gallantry award winning and all other valiant freedom fighters will be
accorded reception at Shilpakala Academy.
City Corporation authority will open the daylong programmes by placing
wreaths at Bhuban Mohan Park Shaheed Minar early in the morning tomorrow.
Commissioner of Rajshahi Division Dr Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir will place
floral wreaths at the collectorate building Shaheed Minar. Subsequently, he
will raise the national flag formally at Liberation War Memorial Stadium.
A march past along with physical displays by police, Ansar-VDP, fire service,
BNCC, scouts, children and students on the local stadium, victory rally,
screening of documentary films on the War of Liberation, friendly football
match and sports competitions and cultural functions will also be held to
mark the day.
Special prayers will be held at mosques, temples, churches, pagodas and other
places of worship.
Improved diet would be served to inmates of hospitals, jails, orphanages and
vagabond centers in the district on the occasion.
To mark the day, patriotic song competition, discussion meeting, prize
distribution and cultural programmes will be held at Shilpakala Academy and
Shishu Academy.
Special prayers will be held at mosques, temples, churches, pagodas and other
places of worship.
Meanwhile, educational institutions including Rajshahi University (RU),
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi Medical
University and Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) have also taken elaborate
programmes to celebrate the Victory Day.