The country will observe Genocide Day with due solemnity, holding a series of nationwide programmes to commemorate the brutal atrocities of the night of 25 March 1971.
Messages from President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will be issued through print, electronic, and social media on the eve of the day, according to a PID handout released today.
Discussion and memorial programmes will be organised at all educational institutions, including schools, colleges, madrasahs, and technical institutes, with participation from eminent personalities and valiant freedom fighters, highlighting the genocide and the Great Liberation War.
Documentary screenings and rare photographic exhibitions on the genocide will be arranged at selected locations in all city corporation areas across the country, including Dhaka, from 12:00 noon.
Special prayers will be offered at mosques after Zuhr prayers or at other convenient times, while prayers will also be held at other religious places of worship across the country in memory of the massacre victims.
A symbolic one-minute blackout will be observed from 10:30 pm to 10:31 pm on 25 March. However, key performance indicator (KPI) installations and emergency establishments will be exempt from the programme. No illumination will be allowed during the night.
A seminar will also be held at 10:00 am, or at a convenient time, under the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Liberation War Museum.
The information was disclosed at an inter-ministerial meeting on the formulation and implementation of national programmes marking Genocide Day 2026 and Independence and National Day 2026, according to the handout.
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