Shaheed Dr Milon Day today
Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 28th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).
On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, who was also a teacher of Dhaka Medical College (DMC), was killed by thugs of the then dictatorial government near the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University at the height of the anti-autocracy movement.
The sacrifice of Dr Milon transformed the movement into a mass upsurge that prompted the fall of the autocratic regime, paving the way for restoration of democracy in the country.
On the eve of the day, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages recalling the supreme sacrifice of Dr Milon for restoring democracy.
In his message, the president said Dr Milon was “a bright star in the democratic movement of Bangladesh”.
Abdul Hamid said people would remember his sacrifice forever.
Prime Minister Hasina in her message paid rich tribute to the departed souls of Dr Milon and others who were martyred in the struggle for democracy.
The president and the PM prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul of Dr Milon.
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