President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday paid glowing tributes to Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib by placing wreaths at her grave at the Banani Graveyard in the capital, reports BSS.
The Head of State stood in solemn silence for some time. Subsequently, President's wife Dr Rebecca Sultana joined the President.
They also spread flower petals on the graves of Bangamata and other August 15 martyrs who were the victims of the brutal assassination on the fateful night.
Besides, they offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15.
Begum Fazilatunnesa, wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and mother of incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, embraced martyrdom along with Bangabandhu and other family members in a brutal predawn attack by some disgruntled army personnel on August 15 in 1975.
At the Banani graveyard, Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, her three sons Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest.
Mohammed Shahabuddin took oath as the 22nd President of Bangladesh on Monday last. It is the first time, he paid the rich tributes to the martyrs at Banani graveyard this noon.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
