The National Awami Party (NAP) has cancelled all celebratory events marking its 68th founding anniversary in respect for those killed in the Milestone plane crash.

Founded on July 26, 1957, by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, the party announced that this year’s anniversary would be observed with nationwide prayer sessions instead of traditional celebrations. NAP Chairperson Zebel Rahman Ghani and Secretary General M. Golam Mostafa Bhuiyan called for building a just state through national unity and paid tribute to Bhashani and other late leaders.