Nation set to celebrate Bangabandhu's 102nd birth anniversary today

The country is set to celebrate the 102nd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children's Day-2022 today in a befitting manner. On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the vivacious 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 four daughters and two sons of his parents - Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Saira Khatun. The nation will celebrate the day through extensive programmes with fanfare and gaiety.   

Bangladesh missions abroad have also chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the day. In observance of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages this afternoon.

The day is a public holiday.

The government has extended Mujib Barsho, which began from the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu, till March 31 this year. Marking the anniversary, National Implementation Committee for Birth Centenary Celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has taken a special programme titled "Tungipara: Hridoye Pitribhumi".

The programme includes paying tributes to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj at 12.30pm. A discussion and cultural function will be arranged at 2.30pm.

Bangladesh Awami League and different social and cultural organizations have also drawn elaborate programmes marking the birth anniversary.  

Awami League will hold a weeklong programme from tomorrow with the title "Hridoye Pitribhumi".   National and party flags will be hoisted atop of all AL offices across the country including its central office at Bangabandhu Avenue here at dawn.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 at 7.00am. Later, AL will pay tributes to Bangabandhu by placing wreaths at his portrait at 7.30am.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay wreaths at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu at Tungipara in Gopalganj. Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join a programme titled "Tungipara: Hridoye Pitribhumi" at Tungipara at 2.30pm.

Another discussion will be held at Tungipara on March 18 under the arrangement of AL. AL central leaders will join it.   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 10.30am.  

AL Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim ,MP,Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan, Shajahan Khan , Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Bir Bikram) and Advocate Md Qamrul Islam, MP, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organising Secretaries B M Mozammel Haque, Abu Saeed Al Mahmud Swapan ,MP, S M Kamal Hossain, Mirza Azam ,MP and Advocate Afzal Hossain, Secretary of Information and Research Dr Selim Mahmood, Secretary of Relief and Social Welfare Shri Sujit Roy Nandi, Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua, Secretary of Religious Affairs Advocate Sirajul Mostafa, Secretary of Publicity and Publication Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap ,MP, Secretary of Science and Technology Affairs Engineer Md Abdus Sabur , Secretary of Youth and Sports Harunur Rashid, Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan, Central Working Committee members Abul Hasnat Abdullah, MP, Anwar Hossain, Anisur Rahman, Sahabuddin Farazi, Iqbal Hossain Apu ,MP and Syed Abdul Awal Shamim will join the programmes, among others, at Tungipara.   

Doa mahfil will be arranged at the mosques across the country including Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Zohr prayers.

Besides, special prayers will be offered at all religious institutions including temples, churches and pagodas on the occasion. 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 11am.

In line with the activities of the AL Central Working Committee, the party's 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.

Bangladesh Chhatra League will hold its programme marking the birth centenary and golden jubilee of the country's independence on March 19 while Jatiya Sramik League on March 20, Krishak League on March 21, Awami Jubo League on March 22, Jubo Mohila League on March 23, Mohila Awami League on March 24 and Awami Swechchhasebak League on March 25 and Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad will observe their programme from March 19 to 25.

Apart from these programmes, a folk fair (Lokoj Mela) will be held from March 19-25 at Gopalganj Sadar.

Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television and other private TV channels and radio stations will air special programmes highlighting the significance of the day in the life of Bangalees.