Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad’s death anniv Tuesday

The 52nd death anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh is being observed in a befitting manner Tuesday .

The 52nd death anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh is being observed in a befitting manner Tuesday (September 5).

A programme has been organized at Nur Mohammad Nagar in Chandibarpur union under Narail Sadar upazila.

Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh Trust and Narail District Administration have jointly organised various programmes to mark the death anniversary.

The programmes began through placing wreaths at the memorial monument with guard of honour, Qurankhwani and Doa Mahfil in the Nur Mohammad Sheikh Library and Memorial Museum at Nur Mohammad Nagar in the district.

Nur Mohammad was born on February 26 in 1936. He joined the then East Pakistan Rifles (EPR), which is now Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), on February 26 in 1959.

He, later, took part in the Liberation War in 1971.

Nur Mohammad braced martyrdom in shooting by Pakistan occupation forces on September 5, 1971 at Goalhati in Jashore during the war.

He was buried in Kashipur area in Sharsha upazila of Jashore.