Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay her respects to the victims of the terror attack at a Gulshan cafe in a ceremony on Monday.
Published : 03 Jul 2016, 02:43 PM
Press Secretary to the PM Ihsanul Karim told bdnews24.com that the ceremony will be held at the Army Stadium and the prime minister will pay homage at 10am.
The homage ceremony between 10am and 12pm will be open for all, he said.
The Awami League said in a statement that its central leaders will also pay respect on Monday.
It also said special prayers will held at mosques, temples, churches and pagodas across the country.
Holey Artisan Bakery and O’ Kitchen Restaurant at Dhaka’s upscale diplomatic heart of Gulshan, came under attack on Friday evening by gunmen who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ while launching the assault.
The assailants killed two police officers, who tried to enter the café, to break the siege.
Army commandos stormed the eatery on Saturday morning and rescued 13 hostages, killing six attackers and arresting another.
The Army said 20 people were found dead on the premises during the raid, all possibly slaughtered late on Friday, hours before the commandos raided the café.
It has been confirmed that the hostages killed included nine Italians, seven Japanese and an Indian. Three Bangladeshis were also among the dead and one of them was a US citizen.