Bangladesh to observe one-minute blackout on March 25

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Bangladesh would watch a one-minute power outage the evening of March 25 in memory of the history's most exceedingly terrible fierceness completed by the Pakistani Army on the "Dark Night" of March 25, 1971. 

"The administration has taken a choice to watch a one-minute power outage program on March 25 from 9:00pm to 9:01 pm," he told newsmen after a coordination meeting held at the Home Ministry's Conference room here. 

The priest said the coordination meeting was held to talk about different issues with reference to how to watch the genocide day "Gonohattya Dibosh" on March 25 and the Independence Day on March 26 calmly. 

Amid the power outage program, he stated, the power supply would be suspended from 9:00 pm to 9:01 pm the nation over. "We will watch this power outage program just to review the ghastliness of March 25 night, released by the Pakistani brutal armed force on the eve of the War of Liberation," Khan included. 

The home minster said the administration has attempted all measures to guarantee tight security at Savar National Memorial and furthermore in the capital city and its adjoining zones on the day. "Individuals from the law authorization offices have been requested to guarantee security on walk 25 and March 26," he said. 

Prior, the Jatiya Sangsad amid its fourteenth session collectively embraced a determination pronouncing March 25 as the Genocide Day.