Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and souvenir sheet, marking the Historic March 7.<\/p>\n
The premier released the stamp, first-day cover and souvenir sheet at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar was present on the occasion, among others.<\/p>\n
The stamps, first-day covers and souvenir sheet would be sold from the Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka General Post Office (GPO) from yesterday (Sunday ) and those would be available at other GPOs and head post offices across the country later.<\/p>\n
On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu through his fiery and soulful address made a clarion call to the people to fight against the Pakistani occupation forces to achieve the long-cherished independence.<\/p>\n
Before a rally of a million of freedom- loving people at the then Race Course Maidan (now Suhrawardhy Udyan) on March 7 in 1971, Bangabandhu in the real announcement of independence declared, \u201cthe struggle this time is for our freedom, the struggle this time is for our independence\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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