Dhaka, Dec 16 (UNB) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday released a commemorative postage stamp, a first-day cover and a data card marking the 48th Victory Day.
She released the stamp, Tk 10 first-day cover and Tk 5 data card at her official residence Ganobhaban.
A special canceller was used on the occasion.
Posts and Telecommunications Secretary Shyam Sundar Sikdar and Director General of Bangladesh Post Office Sushanta Kumar Mandal were, among others, present on the occasion.
The stamp, first-day cover and data card will be sold from the philatelic bureau of Dhaka GPO from today (Sunday) and those will be available at other GPOs and head post offices across the country later.
There is also an arrangement for special canceller in four GPOs to be used for the first-day cover.