The Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) has called upon the Prime Minister to take official initiatives to observe the upcoming 50th death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani—the visionary of independent Bangladesh and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the wartime provisional government—with full state dignity on November 17, and to officially declare the date as a National Day. The appeal was made in a joint media statement issued on Thursday, November 12, 2026, by Bangladesh NAP Chairman Jebel Rahman Ghaani and Secretary General M. Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan.
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Reported by M. Golam Mostofa Bhuiyan, Political Analyst and Columnist • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].
