Begum Rokeya Day today

Begum Rokeya Day is being observed on Saturday with due respect to mark the 137th birth and 85th death anniversaries of Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain, the pioneer of women's rights in the subcontinent.

Women and Children Affairs Ministry will organise a function at city's Osmani Memorial Auditorium on the occasion of "Begum Rokeya Day" and also the distribution of Rokeya Padak-2017 at 10.30 am. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to attend the function as the chief guest.

Different programmes have also been chalked out at government and non- government levels across the country to mark the day.

On the occasion, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages today and congratulated the recipients of Begum Rokeya Padak-2017.

Abdul Hamid and Sheikh Hasina paid profound respect to the memory of Begum Rokeya. They wished a success of all programmes of the day and the function to confer Begum Rokeya Padak-2017.