DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – Awami League (AL) has drawn up elaborate
programmes to celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day tomorrow.
On March 17 in 1920, Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the Bangalee
nation, the architect of independent Bangladesh and the greatest Bangalee of
all times, was born in a respected Muslim family at Tungipara village of
Gopalganj sub-division, now district.
He was the third among six offspring — two sons and four daughters — of
his parents– Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Sheikh Sayera Khatun.
The AL’s programmes includes hoisting of national and party flags atop all
AL offices across the country including Bangabandhu Bhaban and AL’s
Bangabandhu Avenue central office at 6:30 am on March 17, placing of wreaths
at Bangabandhu’s portrait at 11.30 am.
A delegation of the party’s central working committee will pay homage to
Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj
and join a doa mahfil there at 10am.
AL Presidium Members Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan,
Shajahan Khan and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin
Nasim, Organising Secretary SM Kamal Hossain, Labor and Manpower Affairs
Secretary Habibur Rahman Siraj, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan, Central
Working Committee Members Anisur Rahman, Sahabuddin Faraji and Syed Abdul
Awal Shamim will join the programmes at Tungipara.
The leaders of AL will join the programme of National Implementation
Committee for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth
Centenary at the National Parade Square at 3.30pm.
Doa mahfil will be arranged at the mosques across the country including
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Johr prayers.
Christian community members will arrange special prayers at Tejgaon Church
at 8am and Mirpur Baptist Church (3/7-a Senpara Parbata, Mirpur-10) at 9am,
Buddhist community members will hold prayers at International Buddhist
Monastery at Merul Badda at 10am and Hindu community members will arrange
prayers at Dhakeshwari National Temple at 11.30am.
Marking the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu, Awami League will hold a
discussion at the party’s central office at Bangabandhu Avenue at 11am on
March 21.
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will chair the
discussion through a videoconferencing from her official Ganabhaban
residence.
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister
Obaidul Quader urged the leaders and workers of the party, its associate and
like-minded bodies to celebrate the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu and
National Children’s Day across the country with maintaining the health
guidelines.