At least 75 people, 57 of them army officers, mostly on deputation to BDR, lost their lives in the 36-hour mutiny by troops when celebrations of BDR Week was in progress at Peelkhana Durbar Hall on February 25, 2009.
Relatives and officers will lay wreaths today at the graves of army officers and their family members who were killed by the mutineers.
Officials on behalf of the president and prime minister, families of the slain officers, their colleagues and admirers will place flowers at the graves and offer prayers at Banani Military Graveyard in the capital at about 10:00am.
Special prayers will be offered at mosques at the headquarters of the army and BGB.
Social and political organisations will also observe the fourth anniversary of the great tragedy.
The then BDR director general Major General Shakil Ahmed and his wife were among those slain in the carnage. The mutiny ended on the following day with the surrender of the rebels.
The BGB in a press statement on Sunday said that special prayers would be offered at its four regional headquarters and all battalions.
On Tuesday, the special prayer will be held at Durbar Hall, now renamed as Bir Uttam Fazlur Rahman Khandaker Auditorium, at about 4:30pm, it said.
National People’s Party at a programme at the National Press Club on Sunday urged the government to observe the day as ‘national morning day.’
