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100th birthday of Bangabandhu celebrated
DHAKA, March 17, 2019 (BSS) – The nation today celebrated the 100th birthday of
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through extensive programmes,
fanfare and gaiety.
In Tungipara, Gopalganj, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
this morning paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman.
The President and the Premier paid their homage by placing wreaths at the mazar
(mausoleum) of Bangabandhu there.
President Abdul Hamid first laid a wreath at the mazar of Bangabandhu followed by
the prime minister.
After placing the wreaths, they stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of
profound respect to the memory of Father of the Nation as the bugle played the last
post.
A smartly turned out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force gave
a guard of honour on the occasion.
Abdul Hamid and Sheikh Hasina offered Fateha and joined a munajat seeking eternal
peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu as well as other martyrs of the August 15
carnage.
Sheikh Rehana, younger daughter of Bangabandhu, was present on the occasion.
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council Members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Sheikh
Kabir Hossain and Rashidul Alam, Presidium Members Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and
Muhammad Faruk Khan, Deputy Speaker Fazley Rabbi Mian, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur
Razzaque, Industries Minister Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul
Momen, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, State
Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Foreign Affairs
Md Shahriar Alam, AL Acting General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif, Joint Secretaries
Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, Organizing Secretaries AFM Bahauddin Nasim and
Enamul Haque Shamim, Abul Hasnat Abdullah, MP, and Sheikh Helal Uddin, MP, were
present.
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Besides, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam, PM’s Principal Secretary Md
Nojibur Rahman, Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral
Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, PMO
Secretary Sajjadul Hasan, Information Secretary Abdul Malek, PM’s Press Secretary
Ihsanul Karim, President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin and senior AL leaders and
high civil and military officials were also present.
Later, the President signed the visitor’s book kept on the mazar premises.
Earlier on his arrival on the mazar premises, President Abdul Hamid was received by
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Abul Hasnat
Abdullah.
Flanked by senior leaders of the party, Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League
president, placed another wreath at the mazar of Bangabandhu on behalf of AL.
The prime minister flew to Tungipara after placing wreaths at the portrait of
Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road No 32 in the
capital city.
The premier paid the homage by placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in
front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at the historic 32 Dhanmondi Road here this
morning.
After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of
profound respect to the memory of Father of the Nation.
Cabinet members, PM’s advisers, parliament members and senior leaders of Bangladesh
Awami League (AL) were present.
Later, flanked by the central party leaders of AL, Sheikh Hasina laid another wreath
at the portrait of Bangabandhu on behalf of her party as the president of Bangladesh
Awami League.
PM’s Adviser HT Imam, AL Advisory Council Members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and
Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun, Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Abdul Matin
Khashru and Dr Abdur Razzaque, Acting General Secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif, Joint
Secretary Abdur Rahman, Organizing Secretaries AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Enamul Haque
Shamim, B M Mozemmel Haque, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan,
Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud, Information and Research
Secretary Advocate Afzal Husain, Relief and Welfare Secretary Sujit Roy Nandi and
other leaders of the party were present on the occasion.
Later, the leaders of associate bodies of Awami League and other Socio- cultural
organisations placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu.
The day was also celebrated across the country as the National Children’s Day with
the theme “Bangabandhu’s birthday, rinse life of the children with colour”.
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the early hours of today.
On the occasion of 100th birthday of the great leader, the minister paid homage by
placing a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Jatiya Press Club (JPC) here at
12.01 am as he attended a function organised by Muktijuddher Chetonay Sangbadik Forum,
a platform of pro-liberation journalists, marking Bangabandhu’s birthday.
Awami League acting general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Minister Mustafa Jabbar, senior journalists Iqbal
Sobhan Chowdhury and Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, were present, among others.
The information minister also cut a cake on the occasion.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of the Independent Bangladesh, was
born in 1920 in a respected Muslim family at Tungipara in Gopalganj on this day.
The authority of Dhaka University (DU) also observed Bangabandhu’s 100th birthday
and the National Children’s Day-2019 today in a befitting manner.
As part of the programmes, pro-vice chancellor, treasurer, senate and syndicate
members, deans, provosts, proctors, chairpersons of departments, directors of
institutes and office heads led by DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr Md
Akhtaruzzaman placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at Bangabandhu Memorial
Museum in the morning.
A discussion was held at Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) auditorium at 10.30 with Prof
Akhtaruzzaman in the chair.
While addressing the programme, the VC paid rich tributes to the memory of Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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