The nation is set to observe National Mourning Day today.
The government and numerous political, socio-economic and cultural organisations have chalked out programmes to mark the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.
On this day in 1975, Bangabandhu was brutally assassinated by a group of conspiring army officers.
Bangabandhu’s wife, sons, daughters-in-law and other relatives were also killed in the massacre, one of the most heinous in world history.