Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard in the capital.

Sheikh Hasina along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid glowing homage by placing wreaths on Sunday morning.

Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15, reports BSS.

At the Banani graveyard, their mother Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest.

Bangabandhu, his spouse Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, their three sons- Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel - and most of the family members of Bangabandhu and his three close relatives were assassinated in cold blood on the fateful night of 15 August, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army men.

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