Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad’s death anniversary Friday

The 54th death anniversary of Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh will be observed at Nur Mohammad Nagar in Chandibarpur Union of Narail district on Friday.

The Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh Trust and Narail district administration jointly organised various programmes to mark the death anniversary.

The programmes will begin with the placing of wreaths at the Bir Shrestha Nur Mohammad Sheikh’s portrait.

A guard of honour, Qurankhani, Doa Mahfil, and a discussion meeting on the life of Nur Mohammad Sheikh will be held in the Nur Mohammad Sheikh Memorial Museum and Library auditorium at Nur Mohammad Nagar.

Nur Mohammad Sheikh was born on February 26, 1936, at Mahiskhola village (present name Nur Mohammad Nagar) in Narail Sadar Upazila. He joined the then East Pakistan Rifles (EPR), now Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), on February 26, 1959.

He later joined the Liberation War in 1971. He was killed on September 5, 1971, at Goalhati in Jashore by the then Pakistan Army. The BGB Jashore region and Sharsha Upazila administration will observe the day with various programmes.

NSA