BSS, Dhaka
National flag will be hoisted half-mast in all establishments and buildings across the country marking the Shaheed Dibash and International Mother Language Day on February 21.
“The Bangladesh Flag Rules formulated in 1972 (amended in 2010) has given directives on how to hoist the national flag properly. Every citizen must follow the directives,” said a handout on Wednesday.
The national flag would have to be first revealed completely and then lowered to half-mast position. The flag would be revealed again fully before lowering it, the release said.
According to the flag rules the ‘National Flag’ will be in bottle green and rectangular in size in the proportion of length to width 10:6 bearing a red circle on the body of the green. The red circle will have a radius of one- fifth of the length of the flag, the release said.
Depending on the size of the buildings, the flag sizes will be at the ratio of 10:6, 5:3 and 2.5:1.5.
