Leaders and activists of anti-dictatorship movement from 1982-1990 paid their tributes to the martyr by placing wreaths at Noor Hossain Square in Dhaka Thursday morning.
The leaders said that although the dictatorial Ershad government fell during the student mass movement, there was no qualitative change, according to a press release.
The 10-point demands introduced by the then Chhatra Sangram Parishad and later by All-Party Student Union have not been fulfilled while the election based on the three-party system at the national level has gained acceptance among the people, they added.
They requested a fair and acceptable election in coming days.
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day commemorates the martyrdom of a young pro-democracy activist during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s.
On November 10, 1987, Noor Hossain, a leader of Awami Jubo League, was killed in police firing when he had staged protests against the then autocratic rule of Gen HM Ershad at the capital's zero point near Gulistan.
The 26-year-old took to the streets with the slogan “Swairachar Nipat Jak, Gonotantra Mukti Pak” (down with autocracy, let democracy be freed) inscribed in white on his chest and back. His death sparked a mass uprising that finally overthrew the Ershad regime.
