The Jail Killing Day, commemorating the killing of four national leaders inside Dhaka Central Jail, is being observed on Thursday (Nov 3) across the country in a solemn manner.

Different political parties including the ruling Awami League (AL) are observing the mournful day across the country with maintaining health
guidelines.

The AL has chalked out elaborate programme including keeping the national and party flags at half-mast at party's Bangabandhu Avenue Central Office and Bangabandhu Bhaban as well as unit offices across the country at the down tomorrow.

Wearing of black badges and hoisting of black flag are also included in the programme.

AL leaders placed wreaths at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhanmondi at 7am.

Wreaths were placed at the graves of Syed Nazrul Islam, Tajuddin Ahmad, Mansur Ali at Banani graveyard around 7.30am while fateha, milad-mahfil and munajat were also offered there.

AL will arrange a discussion at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city at 3pm.

On this day in 1975, four national leaders and key- personalities in the Bangladesh government in exile Acting President Syed Nazrul Islam, Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed and ministers Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamaruzzaman, who led successfully the Liberation War in absence of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971, were killed inside Dhaka Central Jail by the usurpers of state power of former president Khondoker Mostaque Ahmed government.