Bangladesh to observe historic Six-point day tomorrow

Dhaka, June 6: Tomorrow, June 7, is the historic six-point day. On this day in 1966, the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced the beginning of a nationwide intense mass movement in favor of the 6-point demand of the Bengali nation's liberation charter. On this day, 11 Bengalis including Manu Mia, Shafiq and Shamsul Haque were martyred by the then police and EPR in Tongi, Dhaka and Narayanganj during the strike called by Awami League. Since then, under the leadership of Bangabandhu, the subjugated Bengali nation moved towards the popular uprising of 1969.