Bangladesh scraps national holiday on Aug 15 marking Bangabandhu’s assassination

Bangladesh scraps national holiday on Aug 15 marking Bangabandhu’s assassination

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of the country’s founder and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. According to the press release issued by the Chief Advisor’s Office, the cancellation of the August 15 holiday was approved in today’s meeting of … Read more