Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today commemorating the 29th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).

Dr Milon, who was also a teacher of Dhaka Medical College (DMC), was killed by the goons of military junta near the Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University at the height of anti-autocracy movement on the day in 1990.

The supreme sacrifice of Dr Milon transformed the anti-autocracy movement into a mass upsurge that prompted the fall of the then autocratic regime paving the way for restoration of democracy in the country.

On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages recalling the supreme sacrifice of Dr Milon for the cause of restoration of democracy.

In his message, the President said Dr Milon was a bright star in democratic movement of Bangladesh.

Democracy was restored in 1990 in exchange of sacrifice of many people’s lives like Dr Milon’s, he said, adding that the democracy-seeking people will remember the contributions of the martyrs with due respect forever.