Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Tuesday morning on the occasion of the 49th Independence and National Day.

On her return from the National Memorial at Savar, the Prime Minister paid homage to the Father of the Nation by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi, reports the UNB.

After placing the wreath, she stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of deep respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of the independence.

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