Today is the 100th birth anniversary of anti-British movement hero and leader of Liberation War Comrade Barin Dutta (Abdus Salam), says a press release.
Barin, also former general secretary of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), was born in Sylhet on December 20 in 1911.
He joined CPB in 1938. He was known as Abdus Salam, the name given by the party. He led the historical Nankar movement.
He died in 1993.
On the occasion, CPB has taken different programmes, including placing wreaths at his portrait and discussion.