Bangladesh is mourning Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of the nation who was assassinated along with most of his family members in one of the worst political massacres in world history 45 years ago.

The assassination of the independence hero on that dark night also opened a dark chapter in Bangladesh’s history with around one and a half decades of military dictatorship marked by bloody coups and counter-coups.

The killers, a group of rogue army soldiers, did not spare even a 10-year-old boy or a pregnant woman during the carnage.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 on Saturday morning.

Hasina, also the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu, then stood in solemn silence in front of the portrait for some time. She was accompanied by her daughter Saima Wazed Hossain.

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