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PM for reaching Bangabandhu’s birth centennial celebration at grassroots
DHAKA, March 20, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked all
concerned to take a pragmatic approach to reach the birth centenary
celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the
grassroots so that the people can know the true history of the Liberation
War.
“We will take measures to hold the birth centenary celebration of Father
of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the grassroots so that the
people can know the true history of Liberation War,” she said while presiding
over a maiden joint meeting for celebration of birth centenary of Bangabandhu
at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) this morning.
She stressed the need for not limiting the celebration to only Dhaka and
big cities of the country so the people could be imbued with the spirit of
Liberation War and extend their hands in building Bangladesh as a respected
country in the world.
There should be a realistic strategy on how the life and works of
Bangabandhu would be projected to the next generation in a proper manner so
that they can get encouragement to engage themselves in welfare of the
nation, following Bangabandhu’s ideals, she mentioned.
The premier requested all concerned to concentrate on not making the birth
centennial celebration of Bangabandhu a mere formality.
She also suggested involving all the pro-liberation parties, social and
cultural organizations and all other bodies including educational institutes
in the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu instead of limiting the
event to among bureaucrats.
Joint meeting of the National Committee for the Nationwide Celebration of
the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu and the Birth Centenary Celebration
National Implementation Committee was held at the PMO this morning.
The meeting was convened to draw up elaborate programmes to celebrate the
year-long birth centenary from March 17, 2020 to March 17, 2021.
Earlier on February 15, the government formed the 102-member National
Committee for the Nationwide Celebration of the Birth Centenary of
Bangabandhu.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been made the president of the committee,
while PM’s former principal secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury is its
member secretary.
The government also constituted the 61-member Birth Centenary Celebration
National Implementation Committee.
National Professor Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and PM’s former principal
secretary Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury have been made president and chief
coordinator of the committee respectively.
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