Shaheed Noor Hossain Day will be observed on Sunday in a befitting manner.
On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans "Free democracy" and "Down with autocracy", embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration at Zero Point in the city, now known as Shaheed Noor Hossain Square.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and other political and social organizations have taken various programs to observe the day.
November 10 is a significant and memorable day in the history of the democratic movement in Bangladesh as the martyrdom of Noor Hossain and others during the mass upsurge of late 1990 expedited the anti-autocracy movement.
In the face of the movement, the then-autocratic ruler Ershad had to step down on December 6, 1990.
Since then, the day has been observed every year as Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.
