The ruling Awami League would organise a grand reception for party chief and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she received the “South-South Award” for the government’s achievement in poverty alleviation.
The programme would be arranged at 5:30pm on September 30 at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon the premier’s return from the USA.
Francis Lorenzo, president of the International Organisation for South-South Cooperation, handed over the award to Hasina on Monday.
The premier left for the US on September 22 to join 68th UN General Assembly.
The decision on reception was made in a meeting presided over by party’s acting president Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury. Senior leaders were present at the meeting held at the party president’s Dhanmondi office.
The Awami League will also elaborately observe Hasina’s 67th birth anniversary tomorrow.
Hasina is the eldest daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj in 1947.
Marking her birthday, the party would arrange special prayers at different mosques, including the Baitul Mukarram, after the Jum’a prayers while cooked food and clothes would be distributed among orphans. The party would also organise a discussion programme at its central office on Bangabandhu Avenue.
Through a party press release, Awami League General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam requested the city unit leaders, workers, activists and supporters to participate in the grand reception and observe the party president’s birth anniversary.