Safiqa Hossain of DOT
[2] The Department of Posts has issued a commemorative stamp of tk 10, an opening envelope of the same denomination and a data card of tk 5 to commemorate the historic day of naming East Pakistan ‘Bangladesh’ on December 5, 1969. A special seal is used on this occasion. Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar unveiled commemorative stamps and opening envelopes from his office in the capital and unveiled data cards. The minister also gave a statement on the occasion, reports Jago News 24.com. [3] Mustafa Jabbar said Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a young member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, had given a speech in Karachi in 1957, protesting against the name ‘East Pakistan’ and saying that there was a history and tradition called East Bengal, reports Barta 24.com.