Chief coordinator of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury on Tuesday handed over its report to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He handed over the 234 page report to the PM at her official residence Ganabhaban, according to a press release. The government on February 14, 2019 formed two committees named National Committee and National Implementation Committee to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at befitting manner. A grand program was organized under the initiative of the National Implementation Committee. The birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the Mujib Borsho began on March 17, 2020. Due to the global corona epidemic situation many programs were conducted through digital channels, the press release said, but overall participation of the people was overwhelming and spontaneous. Read: PM denounces war for causing public sufferings The event became a global programme as heads of state and government of important countries of the world sent their greetings. At this time, to inspire the countrymen including the new generation digital content about Bangabandhu was created while several world-class commemorative books, compilations and souvenirs were published and a ten-day program entitled 'Muktir Mahanayak' and a program titled Mujib Chirantan, was inaugurated. A two-day event titled 'Mahabijaya Mahanayak' and closing ceremony titled 'Tungipara: Hridoye Pithrubhoomi' was organised, which was widely appreciated. The Mujib Year officially ended on March 31 last. Meanwhile, the media center report of the National Implementation Committee was also presented to the prime minister.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he will work with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen the complementarities between two development strategies, advance Belt and Road cooperation, and take the strategic partnership of cooperation to a new height.

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) commemorated Bangabandhu’s birth centenary by publishing two volumes of a “Readings in Bangladesh Development” on Wednesday.

The tenth special session of the eleventh Jatiya Sangsad (JS), marking the Bangabandhu birth centenary was prorogued on Thursday.

The 19th edition of the month-long Asian Art Biennale dedicated to the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the Golden Jubilee of Independence will commence March 1 next year at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).

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”.