Bangladesh will be in darkness for one minute on the night of March 25

News Desk: Various programs have been taken at the national level with the aim of observing Genocide Day on 25th March with due dignity. On this occasion, a symbolic 'black out' will be observed across the country from 11:00 PM to 11:01 AM on March 25.

However, KPIs and emergency installations will remain exempt from this programme. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has informed this information in a press release on Saturday.

The President and the Prime Minister will deliver a speech on the occasion.

On the morning of March 25, a discussion meeting on Genocide Day will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Liberation War Museum. Genocide and Liberation War related ballads and cultural programs will be organized across the country.

Apart from this, all educational institutions including schools, colleges and madrasas will hold a commemoration and discussion meeting on March 25 in the voice of eminent persons and brave freedom fighters.

Rare photographs and documentaries on the genocide will be circulated in all city corporations including Dhaka.

Special prayers will be offered in all mosques and other places of worship on this day except at Zohar or convenient times to seek forgiveness for the souls of those killed on the night of March 25, 1971.

Similar programs will be held at the district and upazila levels and Bangladesh embassies abroad to highlight the significance of the day.