More than 30,000 volunteers will gather at the National Parade Ground in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Victory Day, December 16, to form the world’s largest human flag.
Bangladeshis will form the world’s largest human flag to demonstrate that the nation is united and ready to steer the country out of crisis, said Maj Gen Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy, 9th Infantry Division &Savar Area Commander,.
The announcement came at a press conference organised at a city hotel yesterday.
Robi Axiata Ltd, in partnership with the Bangladesh Army, is attempting to set a new world record for the largest human flag in order to break the current Guinness World Record set by 24,200 Pakistani youths in Punjab last year.
The Dhaka Tribune is one of the media partners of the event.
Zafar Sobhan, editor of the Dhaka Tribune, Robi Chief Human Resource Officer, Matiul Islam Nowshad, and Muhammed Rezaul Huq, Director & COO of Radio Foortiwere, among those at the press conference.
The speakers said they would respect the official dimensions and placement of the center circle as specified in the Bangladesh gazette. They said the purpose of such an initiative is to unite the people of country under one umbrella.
