The United States Postal Service (USPS) has published a special pictorial postmark with Bangabandhu’s photograph announcing March 17 as “International Bangabandhu Day” to glorify the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The commemorative postmark was published on Tuesday from Jackson Heights Post Office in New York responding to the call of Muktodhara Foundation, an organization of Bangladesh expatriates in New York, said a press release on Wednesday.
The launch program of the special postmark began with paying homage to Bangabandhu by lacing wreaths at his portrait at the Jackson Heights Post Office around 11am under the initiative of Muktodhara Foundation, reports BSS.
President M Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington DC Mohammad Ziauddin, Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Rabab Fatima and Consul General of Bangladesh in New York Sadia Faizunnesa and other distinguished personalities received the postal cards.
