DHAKA, April 26, 2022 (BSS) - The 60th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner tomorrow.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages marking the death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla.

The ruling Awami League will pay tribute to the great leader by placing wreaths at his grave at 8:00am.

The ruling party will also hold a recitation of Surah Fatiha and offer prayers for salvation of the departed soul at Sher-e-Bangla's grave in the city.

Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla or Huq Saheb, was born on 26 October 1873, at his maternal uncle's house at Saturia, a prosperous village in the Southern part of the district of Bakerganj. But his ancestral house was at Chakhar, a village 14 miles away from Barisal town.

Huq was an eminent public leader who had held many high political posts including the Mayor of Calcutta (1935), Chief Minister of undivided Bengal (1937-1943) and East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-58).