Sun News Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to her younger brother Sheikh Russel and August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard.

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Then they stood in solemn silence for some time. They also showered flower petals on the graves.

Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15.

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The 60th birthday of Sheikh Russell, a student of class four at University Laboratory School, is being observed today as the Sheikh Russell Day.

Russell, also the youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban on Dhanmondi road number 32 in the capital.

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He was brutally killed along with most of his family members, including his father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on August 15, 1975.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tributes Sheikh Russel martyrs Banani

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