Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid tributes to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman this morning, placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the great leader.

After laying the wreath, the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time in respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of independence, reports BSS.

Flanked by central leaders of the party, Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League placed another wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu on behalf of her party.

Later, leaders of AL’s associate bodies, including Jubo League, Chhatra League, Sramik League, Mohila Awami League, Sechchasebak League, Jubo Mohila League, Krishak League and other socio-cultural organizations laid wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu.

On this day in 1972, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to independent Bangladesh after nine and a half months’ of captivity in a Pakistan jail.

Since then, the nation had observed the day as the Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu.