The government has taken extensive nationwide programmes to observe the 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day-2026' on November 7 with due dignity and enthusiasm.

The information was disclosed today in a press release signed by Faisal Hasan, director and public relations officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

According to the press release, the programmes were unanimously approved at a high-level review meeting held at the conference room of the Ministry of Home Affairs on October 28, with Senior Secretary of the ministry Manzur Morshed Chowdhury in the chair.

As part of the observance, the President and the Prime Minister will issue separate messages to the nation.

The day will be observed as a public holiday. The national flag will be hoisted with due dignity at all government and private buildings across the country and at Bangladesh missions abroad.

Major roads and road islands across the country will also be decorated with national flags through a joint initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, the Local Government Division, all city corporations and municipalities.

Special prayers and munajat will be offered at mosques across the country at convenient times, seeking peace, prosperity and progress for the nation. Special prayers will also be held at temples, churches, pagodas and other places of worship.

Improved meals will be served at all hospitals, prisons, orphanages, child centres, Shishu Paribars, Shishu Sadans, juvenile correction centres, Shanti Nibash facilities and institutions for vagrants at convenient times.

All children's parks across the country will remain open free of charge throughout the day under the management of city corporations and municipalities.

Drawing competitions for children will be organised at district and upazila levels with the assistance of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and local administrations. Special discussions and essay competitions will also be arranged at educational institutions.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will arrange the publication of special articles, literary supplements and special supplements in national dailies.

Special programmes will be broadcast on Bangladesh Television, private television channels and radio stations. Documentary films will also be screened at cinema halls and through mobile vans.

The Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will organise patriotic song programmes. Discussion meetings highlighting the significance of the day will be held at all district and upazila levels. Exhibition football matches will also be arranged at district headquarters and upazilas.

A special commemorative discussion meeting will be held with the participation of families of martyred freedom fighters, war-wounded freedom fighters and valiant freedom fighters.

The Armed Forces will organise hoisting of the national flag, milad mahfil, a special feast and special darbar. A colourful display will be staged at the Army Stadium in Dhaka under the supervision of the Bangladesh Cadet Corps.

Besides, milad mahfil, special feasts and special darbars will be organised at the headquarters of various agencies under the Ministry of Home Affairs, including Bangladesh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP), Department of Immigration and Passports, Coast Guard, Department of Narcotics Control, Department of Prisons, Fire Service and Civil Defence Directorate, National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) and the International Crimes Tribunal.