Month of mourning begins Sunday

The month of mourning begins Sunday for the nation to recall once again the brutal assassination of its founding father and renew the pledge to safeguard perpetually the country's independence and sovereignty. The killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975, is the ugliest chapter of the nation's history. The self-confessed killers of August 15 did not assassinate Bangabandhu alone but also killed 16 other members of his family, friends and relatives.