Dhaka, April 30 -- The historic May Day will be observed in Bangladesh on Thursday as elsewhere across the world .

May Day, also known as the International Workers' Solidarity Day, commemorates the historic uprising of working people in Chicago, USA at the height of a prolonged fight for an eight-hour workday in the late nineteenth century, UNB reports.

The day is a public holiday in Bangladesh.

This year, the theme of the day in Bangladesh is "Workers and owners united; Lets rebuild this country anew."

Newspapers will publish supplements while radio and television channels will air special programmes highlighting the significance of the day.

Different socio-cultural organizations, political parties chalked out various programmes to ...