Government Announces Nationwide Programmes to Observe National Revolution and Solidarity Day on November 7

The government has announced a series of nationwide programmes to observe National Revolution and Solidarity Day on November 7, 2026, with due dignity, solemnity and enthusiasm.

On Wednesday, November 4, Faisal Hasan, public relations officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs, disclosed the programmes in a press release.

According to the statement, the programmes were approved at a high-level review meeting held on October 28 at the conference room of the Ministry of Home Affairs, chaired by Senior Secretary Manzur Morshed Chowdhury.

On the occasion, the national flag will be hoisted at all government and private buildings across the country, as well as at Bangladesh's diplomatic missions abroad. Major roads and road islands will be decorated with national flags under the initiatives of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, the Local Government Division, city corporations and municipalities.

Special milad mahfils and prayers will be held at mosques across the country, seeking peace, prosperity and progress for the nation. Special prayers will also be organised at temples, churches, pagodas and other places of worship.

Improved meals will be served at hospitals, prisons, orphanages, children's centres, child care homes, juvenile correction centres, peace homes and institutions for homeless people. All children's parks across the country will remain open free of charge throughout the day.

Drawing competitions for children will be organised at district and upazila levels with support from the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and local administrations. Educational institutions will also arrange special discussion meetings and essay competitions.

National newspapers will publish special articles, literary supplements and commemorative features. Bangladesh Television, private television channels and radio stations will broadcast special programmes. Documentary film screenings will also be arranged at cinema halls and through mobile vans.

The Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will organise patriotic music programmes. Discussion meetings highlighting the significance of the day and exhibition football matches will be held at district and upazila levels.

A special commemorative discussion meeting will also be organised with the participation of family members of martyred freedom fighters, wounded freedom fighters and living freedom fighters. The armed forces will arrange national flag hoisting ceremonies, milad mahfils, receptions and special darbars. A colourful display will be held at Dhaka's Army Stadium under the supervision of the Bangladesh Cadet Corps.

The Bangladesh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), 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, National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) and the headquarters of the International Crimes Tribunal—all under the Ministry of Home Affairs—will organise milad mahfils, receptions and special darbars.