Dr Milon Day to be observed today

Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA).

Dr Milon, who was also a lecturer of Dhaka Medical College, was killed by the goons of the military junta near Dhaka University's TSC, at the height of the anti-autocracy movement on this day in 1990.

On the eve of the day, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages recalling Dr Milon's sacrifice.

Different organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.