<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard here on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The premier along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid glowing homage by placing wreath this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, they stood in solemn silence for some time.</div><div>They also spread flower petals on the graves.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15.</div><div><br></div><div>At the Banani graveyard, their mother Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest.</div><div><br></div><div>Today is the 59th birthday of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which is being observed as Sheikh Russel Day across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu, his spouse Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, their three sons– Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel – and most of the family members of Bangabandhu and his three close relatives were assassinated in cold blood on the fateful night of 15 August, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army men.</div><div><br></div><div>Two daughters of Bangabandhu -- incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana -- could escape the carnage as they stayed abroad at that time. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>