Islamic Foundation has taken up year-round programme to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have ‘virtual form of presence’ at the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17.

After the detection of coronavirus cases for the first time in Bangladesh, the year-long programmes taken to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the ‘Mujib Borsho’ have been rearranged considering public health.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday warned that law enforcers will take stern action if any vested quarter tries to create chaos over the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh to take part in ‘Mujib Borsho’ programmes.

President Mohammad Abdul Hamid has summoned a special session of parliament at 11 am on Sunday (March 22) marking the ‘Mujib Borsho’, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centernary.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Monday said Bangladesh will show respect to Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi in every possible way as a guest when he will join the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s daughter Sheikh Rehana and granddaughter Saima Wazed Hossain paid homage to Bangladesh’s founding father at Kolkata’s Baker Hostel on Friday.

Vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur on Wednesday said students will welcome former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, not its current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to Bangladesh during the ‘Mujib Borsho’.

Visiting Qatar State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi on Sunday said their country wants to hire skilled manpower like physicians and engineers from Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said cultural practices are indispensable for taking the country towards development.