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KHULNA, Dec 15, 2025 (BSS): All preparations have been completed to observe the 54th Victory Day in Khulna with due honour and festivity tomorrow.

The national flag will be hoisted at sunrise at all government, semi-government, autonomous and private buildings and institutions. 

The day will formally begin with the placing of wreaths at the Gallamari Shaheed Memorial at sunrise, followed by a 31-gun salute at the Metropolitan Police Lines, Boyra.

At 8:30 am, the Divisional Commissioner will ceremonially hoist the national flag at the Khulna District Stadium, followed by the rendition of the national anthem, student assembly, parade and displays by educational institutions. 

A three-day grand Victory Fair (December 16-18) will also be inaugurated at the same venue.

At 11:30 am, a reception will be accorded to valiant freedom fighters, families of martyrs and war-wounded freedom fighters at the Khulna District Shilpakala Academy auditorium.

From 9:00 am to sunset, Bangladesh Navy ships will remain open for public viewing at the BIWTA Rocket Ghat, while trains, launches, steamers and ships will be decorated to mark the occasion.

Throughout the day, sports events including T-20 cricket, football, boat race and ha-du-du matches, along with cultural programmes, will be held at district and upazila levels. 

Liberation War-based films supplied by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will be screened free of cost for students at cinema halls, while documentary films will be shown at open venues across the city.

Photo exhibitions on the Liberation War and the July Mass Uprising will also be arranged at important city points.

Special prayers will be offered at mosques after Zuhr prayers and at convenient times at temples, churches, pagodas and other places of worship, seeking eternal peace of the martyrs and prosperity of the nation. Special meals will be served at hospitals, jails, orphanages, old-age homes and welfare institutions.

Most city roads and traffic islands will be decorated with national flags, banners and festoons. All parks, including Shishu parks and amusement parks, will remain open free of cost from morning to evening for children. 

The Khulna Divisional Museum and Rabindra Memorial Museum at Daxindihi will also remain open free of cost for visitors.

At 3:30 pm, a friendly football match between KCC XI and District Administration XI will be held at the district stadium. 

At 4:30 pm, prize-giving ceremonies of children's essay, recitation and drawing competitions, alongside cultural programmes and poetry recitations on the Liberation War, will be arranged.

Important government and private buildings will be illuminated on the nights of December 15 and 16.

Meanwhile, Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has undertaken separate programmes, including hoisting the national flag at sunrise at Nagar Bhaban and all KCC institutions. 

At 9:00 am, children's drawing and essay competitions, discussions, documentary film screenings and prize distribution will be held at Nagar Bhaban. A friendly football match will also be held at 4:00 pm at the district stadium.

Meanwhile, BNP, NCP, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and different political parties, cultural organisations, educational institutions including Khulna University, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Mongla Port Authority, also has taken preparation to celebrate the 'Victory Day'-2025.