10-day Mujib Borsho and independence celebrations at Parade Square from March 17: home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal addresses a meeting of the security sub-committee on the occasion of the Mujib Borsho celebrations at the Secretariat, in Dhaka, on March 10, 2021. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The government has chalked out a 10-day long programme at the National Parade Square to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the golden jubilee of independence, which will be attended by heads of states and governments of different countries.
The celebrations will be held from March 17-26, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told reporters following a meeting of the security sub-committee on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Secretariat.
10 days of festivity planned
Mujib Borsho, golden jubilee of liberation celebrations at parade square
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal addresses a meeting of the security sub-committee on the occasion of the Mujib Borsho celebrations at the Secretariat, in Dhaka, on March 10, 2021. Photo: Collected Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The government has drawn up a 10-day programme, to be hosted at the capital s National Parade Square, to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country s independence.
The programme will be attended by heads of state and governments of different countries.
The gala celebrations will begin on March 17 and end on March 26, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters yesterday after a meeting of the sub-committee on security on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation at the secretariat.
IAF chief attends SLAF s anniversary celebrations during two-day visit to Sri Lanka
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The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the SLAF have been interacting regularly through headquarters-level air staff talks to share valuable experiences in the fields of ground and flying training, professional military education and operational best practices, it added.
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Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria (right) meets Defence Secretary and the Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force, in Colombo on Wednesday.
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I am going to explain about the Commission on Political Victimisation established by President Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Commission was set up to investigate acts of political victimisation faced by Government officers, public servants, officers in state institutions including corporations, armed forces personnel and police officers during the period from 8 January 2015 to 19 November 2019, and to mete out justice. This is what appears to be the aim of this commission.
Let me reiterate the mandate of the Commission appointed by the President: to investigate any injustice done to state officials, Government officers, officers of corporations and boards, armed forces personnel and police officers, and to assure them justice.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–2008
Anderson’s tale about Emperors’ new clothes involves a vain king who was preoccupied with his appearance and his wardrobe. A pair of swindlers took advantage of this by pretending to be able to weave the finest cloth, which couldn’t be seen by people who were either unfit for office or were particularly stupid. The king decided to have a suit of clothes made from the fabric in order to test which of his courtiers was unfit for office. As he didn’t want to appear stupid or unfit for rule himself, he pretended to be able to see the new clothes, as did all of his courtiers. He paraded the ‘new clothes’ through the streets and the onlookers, also not wishing to appear stupid, all admired them. A small child, who didn’t understand the apparent necessity for pretence, piped up ‘But he has nothing on!’. The bubble of pretence burst and soon all the onlookers were repeating what the child had said, whilst the king