‘Shaheed Dr Milon Day’ was observed in the country on Monday (November 27), commemorating the 33rd martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, a pioneer of anti-authoritarian movement in 1990.
Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, the-then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and also a lecturer 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 the anti-autocracy movement on November 27 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 Bangladesh.
Different political parties, socio-cultural organisations and professional bodies observed the ‘Shaheed Dr Milon Day’ amid various programmes.
Like previous years, Awami League observed the day by holding various programme. The programmes include offering Fateha and special prayers, placing wreaths at the grave of Dr Milon on the premises of Dhaka Medical College in the city.
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader along leaders and workers of his party place a wreath at the grave of Dr Milon. Family members of Dr Milon also placed wreath at the grave and offered Fateha there.
Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) placed a wreath at the monument built near TSC of Dhaka University.
