DHAKA: The imprisonment day of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is being observed on Thursday (July 16) in a befitting manner.

Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government, which assumed power in the political changeover of 1/11 in 2007.

The party and its associate bodies observe the day as the ‘Imprisonment Day of Sheikh Hasina’ while Krishak League observes it as ‘Democracy Confining Day’.

AL and its associate bodies have taken various programmes, including discussions and doa mahfils, to observe the day, maintaining social distancing.

Dhaka city south and north units of AL will organize a short discussion and milad mahfil at the first floor of the party’s central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue while Swechchhasebak League will arrange a milad and doa mahfil at its office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue, maintaining the health guidelines.

Marking the ‘Democracy Confining Day’, the Krishak League will organize a discussion and a milad mahfil on the day at the third floor of AL’s central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue with its President Samir Chanda in the chair.

Sheikh Hasina, however, was released from the special sub-jail set up on the premises of the Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) Building on June 11 in 2008 after remaining captive there for nearly 11 months.

As the AL chief fell sick during her captivity, demands were raised then from different quarters including the Awami League and its associate bodies to send her abroad for better medical treatment after releasing her from jail.

Due to the people’s spontaneous and repeated demands and pressure from different quarters, the caretaker government was later compelled to release Sheikh Hasina from jail.

BDST: 1202 HRS, JUL 16, 2020 
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