Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the nation, asking them to turn their grief for the loss of the Father of the Nation into strength.
The president of the ruling party also urged all to engage in materialising Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's dream of building a Golden Bangladesh, BSS reported.
"We must win the struggle to establish an economically solvent democratic and non-communal Bangladesh which will be totally free from hunger, illiteracy and poverty," she said in a message on the eve of National Mourning Day.
The prime minister, also daughter of Bangabandhu, said the 15th August is the National Mourning Day. On this day in 1975, the greatest Bangali of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, along with his family members, was assassinated in one of the most barbaric carnages in the human history.
"On the day of national mourning, I pray to the almighty Allah for the salvation of the souls of the martyrs of the 15th August," she said.
The premier also said the people of this territory snatched the glowing sun of the independence under the dynamic, courageous and charismatic leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
"The Bangalis have gotten their own nation-state, flag and national anthem," she added.
But Bangabandhu was killed when he had undertaken an arduous task of building a Golden Bangladesh reconstructing the war-ravaged country and unifying the whole nation, Hasina said.