The High Court issued a rule on Monday asking the government why cancellation of August 15 as the National Day of Mourning and a public holiday should not be declared illegal.
An High Court bench passed the order after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed with the court challenging a cabinet division order issued during the immediate past BNP-led alliance government's regime. The order was the cancellation of August 15 as the National Day of Mourning and a public holiday.
The rule is returnable within a week. Supreme Court lawyer Mozammel Huq and two others filed the writ petition. The petitioners also sought court directives reinstating the date as the National Day of Mourning and a public holiday.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed on August 15, 1975.
Zahurul Alam has more on the story.