The day will start off with a peacekeeper's run comprising former and serving officers of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, high military officials and delegates from the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), says a press release.

An award giving and commemoration ceremony organised by the UNDP will also be held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre at Agargaon in Dhaka.

Chief Adviser to the caretaker government Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed, UN delegates and a number of high-profile civil and military officials will attend the programme.

A foundation ceremony will also be held for the construction of a peace monument to remember the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the noble cause.

Omer Rashid, director (Marketing) of Banglalink, and Brig Gen Mahboob, director of Overseas Operations, signed the MoU at the Army Headquarters in the capital.

Major Gen Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army, Rashid Khan, chief executive officer of Banglalink, and Lt Col Shahid and Major Sajjad of Overseas Operations Directorate, among others, were present at the signing ceremony.