March 17 should be observed as 'National Day for Festival'
Rajshahi district unit of Bangabandhu Parishad has demanded that March 17 be announced as “National Day for Festival”.
The demand came at its meeting held at the city's Bangabandhu Square on Sunday, marking 99th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. A press release signed by Prof Abul Kashem, general secretary of the parishad, said the unit president Prof Abdul Khaleq raised the demand.
Former Rajshahi University vice chancellor Prof Khaleq said the country mourns on occasions like February 21, March 25 night, August 15, November 3, and December 14. But there is no significant national occasion for festival, he said.
He said Bangabandhu Parishad was constituted in the 80s. During the time, it raised the demand for observing August 15 as National Mourning Day.
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