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Momen: Modi, Trudeau, Mahathir will join Mujib Year celebration
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Collected
Their presence in the Mujib Year extravaganza has been confirmed by Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be among the world leaders joining the ‘Mujib Borsho,’ or Mujib Year, cerebration in Dhaka.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday confirmed the global dignitaries’ presence in the events marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Emerging from a meeting, of the sub-committee for celebration of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary, at the International Mother Language Institute, he told reporters that among the dignitaries who have confirmed their participation also include former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, crown prince of United Arab Emirates Zayed Al Nahyan, Indian Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen speaks at a meeting of sub-committee of celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at International Mother Language Institute on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 | PIDAbout the year-long celebration, the minister said there would be a special program on March 17, the birthday of Bangabandhu, and many other programs throughout the year.
Tuesday's meeting focused mainly on the event on March 17, he added.
About the attendance of the foreign dignitaries, Momen said that some have confirmed officially, while some verbally.
“We don’t want many people at the special program that will take place on March 17. We want selective people,” he said, adding that the names of those who will take part in the program on March 17 were yet to be finalised.
He said that all the dignitaries would not be in Bangladesh on one single day, rather they would come in phases to attend separate programs.
The foreign minister said that Bangladesh’s 77 missions have already undertaken 261 programs to celebrate the centenary in order to spread Bangabandhu’s ideals across the world.
He hoped that the Mujib Year celebration will brand Bangladesh as a land of opportunity and vibrant economy.
Celebration in Pakistan will be big
The foreign minister on Tuesday also informed that Bangabandhu’s birth centenary will be celebrated in Pakistan in a big way.
As part of the celebration, a huge mural of Bangabandhu will be unveiled at the high commission in Islamabad, he said.
Asked why, Momen said: “It is because the people of Pakistan are already saying to Imran Khan that in the next 10 years, Pakistan does not need to be like Switzerland, rather we are happy if we can be like Bangladesh.”
“We want to project these things there [in Pakistan] in a big way,” he added.
To a question, the minister said that it would be decided later as to who would inaugurate the celebration in Pakistan.
He also said that the new high commission in Pakistan that is being constructed would be the largest among all Bangladeshi missions around the world.
“…16 or 20 acres of land. It’s a huge thing. This is the largest,” Momen confirmed.
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangla...eau-mahathir-will-join-mujib-year-celebration
Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
- Published at 06:48 pm January 7th, 2020
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Collected
Their presence in the Mujib Year extravaganza has been confirmed by Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be among the world leaders joining the ‘Mujib Borsho,’ or Mujib Year, cerebration in Dhaka.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday confirmed the global dignitaries’ presence in the events marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Emerging from a meeting, of the sub-committee for celebration of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary, at the International Mother Language Institute, he told reporters that among the dignitaries who have confirmed their participation also include former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee, crown prince of United Arab Emirates Zayed Al Nahyan, Indian Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.
Tuesday's meeting focused mainly on the event on March 17, he added.
About the attendance of the foreign dignitaries, Momen said that some have confirmed officially, while some verbally.
“We don’t want many people at the special program that will take place on March 17. We want selective people,” he said, adding that the names of those who will take part in the program on March 17 were yet to be finalised.
He said that all the dignitaries would not be in Bangladesh on one single day, rather they would come in phases to attend separate programs.
The foreign minister said that Bangladesh’s 77 missions have already undertaken 261 programs to celebrate the centenary in order to spread Bangabandhu’s ideals across the world.
He hoped that the Mujib Year celebration will brand Bangladesh as a land of opportunity and vibrant economy.
Celebration in Pakistan will be big
The foreign minister on Tuesday also informed that Bangabandhu’s birth centenary will be celebrated in Pakistan in a big way.
As part of the celebration, a huge mural of Bangabandhu will be unveiled at the high commission in Islamabad, he said.
Asked why, Momen said: “It is because the people of Pakistan are already saying to Imran Khan that in the next 10 years, Pakistan does not need to be like Switzerland, rather we are happy if we can be like Bangladesh.”
“We want to project these things there [in Pakistan] in a big way,” he added.
To a question, the minister said that it would be decided later as to who would inaugurate the celebration in Pakistan.
He also said that the new high commission in Pakistan that is being constructed would be the largest among all Bangladeshi missions around the world.
“…16 or 20 acres of land. It’s a huge thing. This is the largest,” Momen confirmed.
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangla...eau-mahathir-will-join-mujib-year-celebration
