DHAKA, Jan 9, 2023 (BSS) - Ruling Awami League (AL) has taken various programmes to observe the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tomorrow.

On this day (January 10) in 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country's Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi after 290 days of captivity in Pakistan jail.

The AL's programmes will begin with hoisting of the national and party flags at the AL central office, Bangabandhu Bhaban, and its party offices across the country at 6.30am tomorrow, an AL press release said.

AL leaders and workers will pay homage to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Bhaban in the city's Dhanmondi area at 7.30am.

At 11 am, an AL delegation will pay tributes to the undisputed leader of the nation by placing wreaths at his grave in Tungipara.

The AL delegation will include its Presidium Member Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan and Central Working Committee members Anwar Hossain, Shahabuddin Farazi, Iqbal Hossain Apu, Marufa Akter Poppy and Gloria Sarker Jharna. 

On the occasion, a discussion will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the city at 3 pm on the day. Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will chair the discussion. 

Besides, all district, city, upazila, thana, union and ward level units of the AL, its' associate and likeminded bodies will organise similar programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.

In a statement today, AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged all party leaders and workers and its associate and likeminded bodies to observe all the programmes, marking the Bangabandhu's Homecoming Day in a befitting manner, maintaining the health safety guidelines.

Though the final victory in the nine-month independence war was achieved by defeating Pakistani occupation forces on December 16 in 1971, the nation's expectations were fulfilled and the people got the real taste of victory with the homecoming of Bangabandhu on January 10 in 1972.