Bangladesh
Golden Jubilee Celebrations Students to take part in Bangladesh's golden jubilee celebrations
Dhaka, September 16: The government has decided to celebrate the golden jubilee of independence by including students, following an improvement in the country's coronavirus infection situation. The decision was taken at the sixth meeting of the cabinet committee formed to celebrate the golden jubilee of the great independence with due dignity in the conference room of the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on Wednesday.
A press release from the ministry said the meeting was held under the chairmanship of AKM Mozammel Haque, Minister and Chairman of the Committee of the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.
The meeting discussed the implementation of various events throughout the year in the light of the approved plan to celebrate the golden jubilee of independence. Emphasis has been placed on the use of both direct and virtual platforms in organizing events.
According to the notification, the golden jubilee of independence will be celebrated up to the grassroots. People of all classes and professions will be part of the celebration. For this, 50 programs have been taken in the 50 years of independence. These include fairs, freedom fighters' gatherings, various competitions, book publishing, liberation war Olympiads, cultural events, global summits and seminars.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Md. Zahid Ahsan Russel, Secretary of the Ministry of Liberation War Khwaja Mia, writer and researcher on the Liberation War Kazi Sajjad Ali Zahir (Bir Pratik) and President of the Editors Guild Mozammel Babu were present in the meeting room.
Also present via video conferencing were Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Local Government Minister Md Tajul Islam, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain and State Minister for Culture KM Khalid.
Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury, Chief Coordinator, National Implementation Committee; Md. Akhter Hossain, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports; Md. Maqbool Hossain, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Md. Kamal Hossain, Coordinating and Reforms Secretary, Cabinet Division; Poet and writer Tariq Sujat, media personality Subhash Singh Roy, and other members of the committee were also present.
