Postage stamp marking AL 71st founding anniv released

Post, telecommunications and information technology minister Mustafa Jabbar on Tuesday inaugurated a Tk 10 commemorative postage stamp marking the 71st founding anniversary of ruling Bangladesh Awami League, reports UNB.

The minister also inaugurated the release of another stamp marking the inauguration of satellite land station by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Betbunia on 14 June 1975, said a press release.

He said that the postal department released the stamps marking the two historic events.

At the programme, the minister highlighted the need for the establishment of the East Pakistan Awami League Muslim League in the Rose Garden on 23 June 1949 and its historical background.

He also said that one does not know one's identity without knowing the history of the nation and its struggle.

The history of Awami League is the history of protest against exploitation and discrimination, the history of struggle for establishment of equality society, said the minister.

Bangladesh Awami League (AL), country’s one of the oldest political parties, on Tuesday celebrated its 71st founding anniversary on a limited scale with different programmes particularly on virtual media in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.