Dr Milon Day today

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 25th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon during the 90s’ anti-autocratic movement, reports UNB. Various socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies have chalked out various programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner. The day’s programmes include placing wreaths at the grave of Shaheed Dr Milon on Dhaka Medical College campus, offering ‘fateha’ there and organising discussion meetings to mark the day. On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was shot dead by gunmen near TSC on the Dhaka University campus on his way to a meeting against the then autocratic ruler HM Ershad. The movement got momentum following the martyrdom of Dr Milon and autocratic ruler Ershad had to quit power finally in the face of a vigorous mass movement. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in separate messages paid homage to Shaheed Dr Milon, recalling his supreme sacrifice for restoration of democracy in the country.

Dr Milon Day today

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 25th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon during the 90s anti-autocratic movement, reports UNB. Various socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies have chalked out various programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner. The days programmes include placing wreaths at the grave of Shaheed Dr Milon on Dhaka Medical College campus, offering fateha there and organising discussion meetings to mark the day. On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), was shot dead by gunmen near TSC on the Dhaka University campus on his way to a meeting against the then autocratic ruler HM Ershad. The movement got momentum following the martyrdom of Dr Milon and autocratic ruler Ershad had to quit power finally in the face of a vigorous mass movement. President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in separate messages paid homage to Shaheed Dr Milon, recalling his supreme sacrifice for restoration of democracy in the country.