President, PM pay homage to martyred intellectuals

DE Online Report
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
The president and the prime minister separately placed wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the morning.
They stood there in solemn silence for a while as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the illustrious sons of the soil.
A smartly-turned-out contingent of the Bangladesh Armed Forces gave a state salute.
Flanked by the party’s central leaders, Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League, laid another wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial as the party chief. Later, the prime minister talked to the war-wounded freedom fighters and the family members of the martyred intellectuals.
Hasina then went to Dhanmondi in the capital and placed a wreath at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day. After placing the wreath, she stood there for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of independence of Bangladesh.
Flanked by Awami League leaders Hasina placed another wreath at Bangabandhu’s portrait as the chief of the party as well.