Nation to observe one-minute 'blackout' on March 25

BSS
Published On: 23 Mar 2025, 18:15


DHAKA, Mar 23, 2025 (BSS) - A one-minute symbolic 'blackout' will be observed on March 25 throughout the country marking the Genocide Day. 


The ‘blackout’ programme will be observed for one minute from 10:30 pm to 10:31pm in the night of March 25 to pay homage to the people who were killed in 'Operation Searchlight' of Pakistani occupation forces in the dreadful night of March 25 in 1971.


However, establishments of emergency services and KPI will remain out of the purview of the blackout programme, said an official release.
 

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