Live Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar for war-wounded freedom fighters (FFs), orphans, physically-challenged children and alem-ulema (Islamic scholars) at her official Ganabhaban residence here today.

The persons injured in the August 21 grenade attack, members of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary Celebration Committee and the National Implementation Committee and family members and relatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined the iftar.

Prayers were also offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib and other martyrs of the August 15 massacre as well as martyrs of the War of Liberation and the long life and good health of the Prime Minister.

Dhaka, 19 May (campuslive24.com)//MIH