Staff Correspondent: The nation begins celebrating the 46th Victory Day on the early hour of Friday across the country with elaborate programmes paying deep homage and respect to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during liberation war in 1971.
People from the all walks of life in capital Dhaka, Chittagong, Barisal, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna district throng the local Shaheed Minar to pay rich homage to the war heroes.
On this day in 1971, Pakistani army forces surrendered after a nine-month war resulting in free, independent and sovereign Bangladesh.
Different political parties, socio-cultural organisations and educational institutions are set to organize various programmes to mark the Victory Day.
