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He will offer prayers at a temple at Orakandi sacred to Matua community of West Bengal
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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, left, and Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen address a joint press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, March 4, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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He will offer prayers at a temple at Orakandi sacred to Matua community of West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangladesh on March 26 and 27 to attend the celebrations to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of the war of liberation of Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. The visit, which is the first foreign trip by Prime Minister Modi since the outbreak of the pandemic, is noteworthy as he is scheduled to travel outside Dhaka and visit Orakandi, which is sacred to the Matua community of West Bengal.
News Desk, bdnews24.com
Published: 17 Mar 2021 12:01 AM BdST
Updated: 17 Mar 2021 12:47 AM BdST
Bengalis have titled him Bangabandhu or ‘friend of Bengal’ out of sheer respect and love for him, while the constitution of independent Bangladesh honoured him as the Father of the Nation. The nation has geared itself up to celebrate on Wednesday the 101st birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who led it to independence from the oppressive Pakistan. );
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Were he alive today, Bangabandhu would have hoisted the flag of Bangladesh on the occasion of the golden jubilee of independence, nine days after his birthday.
Bengalis have always profusely expressed their love and respect for Bangabandhu in poems, songs or other genres of arts and literature. Poet Jasimuddin used the analogy of volcano Visuvius to pen Sheikh Mujib’s strong personality in a poem published on Mar 17, 1971, Bangabandhu’s birthday.
10-day Bangabandhu birth centenary programme begins tomorrow
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DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – A 10-day special programme will begin at National Parade Ground from tomorrow marking the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Golden Jubilee of the Independence.
The events will be held till March 26 following the health rules and guests from home and abroad will take part at the events, said a press release.
Earlier, at a press conference, Chief Coordinator of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee Dr Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury informed that the theme of the 10-day event is ‘Mujib Chirantan’, but separate theme for each day has been taken.
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Nation to celebrate Bangabandhu’s 101st birth anniversary Wednesday
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DHAKA, Mar 15, 2021 (BSS) – The nation will celebrate the 101st birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the National Children’s Day-2021 on Wednesday in a befitting manner.
On this day in 1920, Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the Bangalee nation, the architect of independent Bangladesh and the greatest Bangalee of all times, was born in a respected Muslim family at Tungipara village of Gopalganj sub-division, now district.
He was the third among six offspring two sons and four daughters of his parents- Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Sheikh Sayera Khatun.