, Nov. 26 -- Shaheed Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country on Thursday, commemorating the 35th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon who was killed during the 90s' anti-autocratic movement.

Different socio-cultural and political organisations as well as professional bodies have chalked out various programmes to observe the day with due respect.

The day's programmes include placing wreaths at the grave of Shaheed Dr Milon on the Dhaka Medical College campus, offering 'fateha' there and holding discussions to mark the day.

On this day in 1990, Dr Milon, the then joint secretary general of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) and a teacher of Dhaka Medical College, was shot dead by gunmen near TSC on the Dhaka Uni...