The nation is observing the 94th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Monday with due respect and festivity.
The day is also observed as the National Children’s Day and this year’s slogan is “We will know Bangabandhu and become ideal persons.”
The Awami League's programmes for the day include hoisting of the national and party flags at 6:30am and placing of wreaths at Bangabandhu's portrait at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi at 7:30am.
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina along with party leaders and members of the cabinet will lay wreaths at the mazar of the great leader in the Mausoleum Complex at Tungipara at 10am.
Sheikh Hasina will attend a children's rally, discussion, book fair and a cultural function at Tungipara.
The Awami League will also organize a rally at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) at 3pm on March 18. Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to address the rally as the chief guest.
The day is a public holiday. Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television and private TV channels and radio channels are airing special programmes while national dailies have published special supplements highlighting the significance of the day.
To celebrate the day, the government and various socio-cultural and political organisations, including the ruling AL and its associate bodies, have chalked out various programmes.
On the occasion, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the daughter of the father of the nation, have issued separate messages.
On this day in 1920, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman affectionately called as "Khoka" was born in a respectable Muslim family at the remote Tungipara village in Gopalganj district.
He was the third among four daughters and two sons of his parents, Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and Saira Khatun.
