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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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