The 57th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq will be observed today with due respect. Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla, died on April 27, 1962.

Different political parties, including National Awami Party (NAP) and National Democratic Party (NDP), and socio-cultural and professional bodies, including Bangladesh Jatiya Manobadhikar Samity and Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Huq Gabeshana Parishad, have chalked various programmes to observe the day.

The programmes include holding discussions, placing wreaths and offering doa and munajat.

Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq, popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla or Huq Saheb, was born on 26 October 1873, at his maternal uncle’s house at Saturia, a prosperous village in the Southern part of the district of Bakerganj. But his ancestral house was at Chakhar, a village 14 miles away from Barisal town.