Thursday, June 04, 2026
Dhaka North City Corporation and RTV co-organise a cultural program, which included a fireworks display and releasing sky lanterns, at Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area at 12:01am marking the beginning of the year-long celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
On this day in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born to Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and Sayera Khatun in Tungipara of Gopalganj, then a sub-district of Faridpur.
The day is a public holiday and is also being observed as National Children’s Day, as Bangabandhu enjoyed spending time with children on his birthday.
Bangabandhu’s birth centenary will also be celebrated all over the world in line with the initiative of Unesco.
