Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday rendered homage to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to mark the historic Mujibnagar Day.
She laid a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Following this, the prime minister observed a moment of silence as a gesture of deep reverence for the memory of Bangabandhu, the visionary behind the nation's independence.
Accompanied by key leaders of the Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, who also serves as the party's president, placed another floral tribute at Bangabandhu's portrait on behalf of the organization.
On this significant day in 1971, Bangladesh's inaugural government in exile was established at the Baidyanathtala mango orchard in Meherpur, located within what was then the Kushtia district.
Later, the site was renamed Mujibnagar in honor of Bangabandhu, who was proclaimed as the president of the government-in-exile.
Syed Nazrul Islam assumed the role of interim president during Bangabandhu's absence.
Following a brutal crackdown by the Pakistani military regime on the night of March 25, 1971, Bangabandhu was apprehended and transported to West Pakistan.
Tajuddin Ahmad was designated as the inaugural prime minister, with Captain M Mansur Ali and AHM Quamaruzzaman appointed as members of the cabinet.
Under the effective guidance of the central cabinet, the Liberation War triumphantly concluded on December 16 of that same year.
