Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the countdown across the country ahead of the yearlong celebrations that will open at historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on March 17 next.
This was informed at a preparatory meeting on the celebrations of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Thursday evening.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the president of the National Committee for the Celebration of the Birth Centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, presided over the meeting held at her official residence Ganobhaban.
The meeting discussed countrywide programmes to be drawn up on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation.
At the outset of the meeting, Chief Coordinator of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury highlighted various aspects of the birth centenary programmes through a video presentation.
PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said the Prime Minister witnessed the presentation and gave various directives in this regard.
Members of two committees – Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Birth Centenary Celebration National Committee and the Celebration Implementation National Committee— attended the meeting.
The participants included former Finance Minister AMA Muhith, National Professor Dr Rafiqul Islam (the head of the implementation committee), Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Information Minister and AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim, PM’s Advisers HT Imam and Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby.
Besides, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, State Minister for ICT Division Junaid Ahmed Palak, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Md Sayeed Khokon, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul Islam, newly-appointed Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam, PM’s Principal Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman, Senior Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division Md Sohrab Hossain, Information Secretary Abdul Malek, PMO Secretary Sajjadul Hassan and Secretary of Local Government Division Md Helal Uddin Ahmed, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, noted artist Hashem Khan, actor Hasan Imam and Shamsuzzaman Khan were present.