Some 5,675 patients took the 9am-2pm outdoor service from different disciplines on Monday, the National Mourning Day.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Kamrul Hassan Khan and other university administrators monitored the out-of-the-ordinary service, the university said in a statement.

Earlier, they placed a floral wreath at the Bangabandhu’s mural installed at the university campus. A special prayer service was also held.

On this day in 1975, the independence hero was assassinated at his Dhanmondi 32 house along with most his family members by some rogue soldiers in one of the bloodiest political assassinations in the world.