AL founding anniversary: PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

PM Sheikh Hasina laying wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 72th anniversary of the Bangladesh Awami League on Wednesday.

Dhaka, Jun 23 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking the 72nd founding anniversary of the Awami League.
On the occasion, she placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the morning.
After laying the wreath, Sheikh Hasina, also the President of Awami League, stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the Father of the Nation.
Awami League was founded on this day in 1949, which in time transformed into the largest political party of the country and led democratic movements, struggles for freedom, and the War of Liberation.
The party began its journey on June 23 in 1949, when a young, secular and progressive section of the Muslim League formed the East Pakistan Awami Muslim League, at a meeting at the historic Rose Garden on KM Das Lane in Dhaka’s Tikatuli.
Maulana Abdul Hamid Bhashani was elected the founding president, and Shamsul Hoque the general secretary.
In July 1953, during the Second National Council meeting of the party, Bhashani was re-elected president, and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was named the general secretary,- UNB