President Abdul Hamid on Monday said urged the government and the political parties to stay beside people irrespective of political mindset .

A 10-day special programme will kick off in the city’s national parade square ground on March 17 marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and the golden jubilee of independence.

Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as “an icon in the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh, and a personification of the principles of freedom and equity”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the government has rescheduled the birth centenary celebration programmes of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman considering people’s welfare following the detection of coronavirus in Bangladesh.