This photo shows the brutality and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangalis on the black night of March 25 in 1971 CollectedEmergency services will remain outside the purview of this programFor the third successive year, the nation will observe a one-minute blackout program, marking the Genocide Day of Bangladesh. The blackout program will be observed from 9pm on Monday night. Also Read- Genocide Day: Hundreds of mass graves lie unmarked or have been constructed overPeople are expected to switch off the lights in their houses for one minute in memory of the victims, who died on the night of March 25, 1971. However, establishments of emergency services will remain out of the purview of the program. Also Read- UN to raise Bangladesh’s 1971 genocide in int’l forumIn 2017, the government officially declared March 25 as Genocide Day, marking the widespread killing by the Pakistani Army of unarmed Bangali citizens on the dark night of March 25, 1971.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 25, 2019 04:30 UTC