A balloon hawker is killed and at least five others including children are injured after a gas cylinder exploded in a fair in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong.

People all round are celebrating the 44th anniversary of victory, reaped through bloodshed of 3 million people and nine months of hardship. The day began with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paying rich tributes to the National Mausoleum in memory of the martyrs.