File photo of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar Mahmud Hossain OpuThe GPO has issued a commemorative stamp of Tk10 denomination, an opening envelope of Tk10 and a data card worth Tk5Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Saturday released commemorative stamps and opening envelopes from his office in the city and inaugurated the data cards marking the day of naming East Pakistan as Bangladesh. “On this historic day in 1969, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman announced the name of then East Pakistan as Bangladesh,” Jabbar said on the occasion, according to a press release. The minister said that it was Bangabandhu who bravely opposed naming Bangladesh as East Pakistan and named the country as Bangladesh. The GPO has issued a commemorative stamp of Tk10 denomination, an opening envelope of Tk10 and a data card worth Tk5. The Philatelic Bureau of Dhaka GPO will sell commemorative stamps, opening envelopes and data cards from Saturday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 05, 2020 12:22 UTC