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Bangladeshis observe National Mourning Day, interim government cancels holiday

Bangladeshis observe National Mourning Day, interim government cancels holiday

The interim government of Bangladesh has announced that August 15 will not be observed as a national holiday, but instead will be marked as National Mourning Day to commemorate the assassination of the country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.