Nobel Bijoy Dr. The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus is canceling the state's eight days including mourning, children and historic March 7. The decision was taken in the advisory council meeting last September. Considering the recent context, the government has decided to cancel these national days.
In a letter signed by the then Cabinet Secretary Mahbub Hossain on October 7, we will instruct the concerned department to take action in this regard.
A proposal regarding the cancellation of eight national days has been approved by the advisory council meeting, the Cabinet Division will soon cancel these days and issue circulars.
According to the official source of the chief advisor's work, the sources of the chief advisor's work are known, canceled, five of the eight days are related to the birth and death of Sheikh Hasina's family members. Among them, March 17 is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth anniversary and National Children's Day, August 5, Sheikh Hasina's brother Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal's mother Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib's birthday, August 15 Bangabandhu's death anniversary and National Mourning Day, 18 October Sheikh Hasina's younger brother.
The list of cancellations of this chapter is historic March 7, November 4 is National Constitution Day, December 12 is Smart Bangladesh Day.
It is known that on October 30, 2017, UNESCO recognized the historic March 7 speech as a global document. After that, the Awami League government declared the day as a historic March 7 day by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971. The Cabinet Department issued a circular on October 15, 2020.
After that, the 7th March event was held in grand manner with a cost of crores of rupees. The Constitution of Bangladesh was adopted in the Constituent Assembly on November 4, 1972.
It will be effective from 16 December or Bijt Day that year. The National Constitution Day was celebrated for the first time, Sheikh Hasina's government celebrated the first National Information and Communication Technology Day on December 12, 2017 to commemorate the Digital Bangladesh manifesto.
The name of the day was changed to Digital Bangladesh Day the following year. In 2023 it will be celebrated as ‘Smart Bangladesh Day’ as ‘B’ category.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed in his family on August 15, 1975. Then in 1996, when Awami League came to power, August 15 was started to be observed as a nation of mourning.
Again, six years later, in view of the order of the High Court on July 27, 2008, August 15 was reinstated as a national mourning day, but there were allegations of various extortions on this day.
‘A maximum of Tk 50,000 is allocated from government sources on the ’B‘ category day. The amount of government allocation on the day of class ’A' is not mentioned but on the day of August 15 mourning day across the country. There have been complaints of crores of rupees, which have been filed by the field administration officials to meet the cost of this issue.
17 March is Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Birth Day and National Children's Day, 5th August Martyr Captain Sheikh Kamal's birth anniversary, August 8 Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib's birth anniversary and Sheikh Russell Day on October 18 will be celebrated after the advent of Awami League power.
Meanwhile, after taking charge of the current government on August 8, the first thing that came on August 15. How the interim government will celebrate the day, there will be a wide-country discussion.
The chief advisor of the interim government. In the meeting with Muhammad Yunus, various political parties including BNP suggested canceling the national mourning day and public holiday on August 15.
It is said in a notification that the poison of canceling the general leave of August 15 on the occasion of the National Mourning Day has been approved in the meeting of the advisory council based on the wide consensus of the dialogue between the political parties with the advisory council.
