BSS
  15 Dec 2021, 14:25

All set to celebrate Victory Day tomorrow in Rajshahi

     RAJSHAHI, Dec 15, 2021 (BSS) - All sorts of preparation have been
completed to celebrate Victory Day along with its golden jubilee 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.

     RCC Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton will open daylong programmes by placing
wreaths at Bhuban Mohan Park Shaheed Minar early in the morning tomorrow.

     Commissioner of Rajshahi Division Dr Humayun Kabir will host the
national flag formally at the premises of Deputy Commissioner's office.

     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.

     Improved diet will be served to inmates of hospitals, jails, orphanages
and vagabond centers in the district on the occasion.

     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.