Online Desk  :  The nation is set to celebrate the Victory Day, 2024 on Monday, the most joyous day when the country was born at the cost of the supreme sacrifice of three million martyrs and the honour of nearly half a million mothers and sisters, with elaborate programmes, reports UNB. On this glorious day in 1971, Bangladesh was liberated as an independent country after the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered following a bloody nine-month-long war. Various programmes will be held on Monday to pay homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971.

Along with the government, different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organisations have chalked out a series of programmes to celebrate the day. Bangladeshis will celebrate the day at home and abroad. The day will begin with a 31-gun salute at dawn in Dhaka. At sunrise, President Md. Sahabuddin and Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will lay wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar. Following that, under the leadership of the ministry’s adviser, families of the country’s highest war heroes, wounded freedom fighters, and other distinguished freedom fighters will also pay their tributes.

Foreign diplomats based in Bangladesh, along with political and social organisations, as well as the general public, will also lay wreaths in honour of the martyrs. On this day, the national flag will be hoisted at all government, semi-government, autonomous, and private buildings, and important buildings and landmarks will be illuminated.