Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
PM says her main goal is to fulfill Bangabandhu’s dream of building Sonar Bangla
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her prime goal is to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh and uplift the people by transforming the tragedy of August 15 into a source of power.
“Inshallah, Bangladesh will become a developed and prosperous Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal) free of hunger and poverty as dreamt by my father. Inshallah, that dream will be implemented,” she said.
The PM said this in her pre-recorded speech that was played at a programme on the occasion of 46th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members and the National Mourning Day.
The programme was organised by the National Implementation Committee for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 100th birth Anniversary Celebration.
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Bangabandhu Corner to be established at Lovely Professional University in Punjab
A Bangabandhu Corner will be established at “Lovely Professional University” in Punjab, one of the largest private universities in India.
The Bangabandhu Corner will gradually be converted into a centre as agreed by the university authorities.
The decision was taken in a meeting between Muhammad Imran, Bangladesh High Commissioner to India and Ashok Mittal, Chancellor of the University, said the Bangladesh High Commission on Tuesday.
The initiatives have been taken to mark the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Lovely Professional University has around 35 thousand students including more than three thousand foreign students from over 50 countries in its 600 – acre campus.
Paris Mission receives Public Administration Award
Bangladesh Embassy in Paris has received the Public Administration Award for its collective contributions in internationalizing the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at UNESCO.
The members of the Embassy team are Bangladesh Ambassador to France and Permanent Delegate of Bangladesh to UNESCO Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, Minister (Political) S M Mahbubul Alam, First Secretary and HoC Dayamayee Chakraborty and First Secretary Nirjhar Adhikary.
Ambassador Kazi Imtiaz Hossain received the award on behalf of the Embassy team.
The award was given in general category considering administrative and diplomatic efforts of the Embassy marking the Public Administration Day.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joined (virtually) the function held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city on Tuesday .
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque who joined the function in person handed over the awards to a total of 35 individuals and institutions for the year in 2020 and 2021 on behalf of the Prime Minister.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain chaired the function.
The establishment of the “UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy” was unanimously approved by acclamation at the 210th session of UNESCO’s Executive Board.
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Named after the Father of the nation of Bangladesh, the UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy will award, every two years, US$50,000 to an individual or organization with recognised excellence in nurturing entrepreneurship among young people in the cultural and creative industries.
The first iteration of the Prize will be awarded in the fall of 2021 during UNESCO’s 41st General Conference 9-24 November 2021 to mark the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
‘Bangabandhu Corner’ established in Yonsei University
As part of the birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul has established a Bangabandhu Corner in the library at the main campus of Yonsei University in Seoul.
In presence of the officials of the Embassy as well as from the Library of Yonsei University, Ambassador Abida Islam and Seoung Hwan Suh, President of the Yonsei University Library jointly inaugurated the Bangabandhu Corner on Monday.
Yonsei University is one of the top private universities in the Republic of Korea and presently it is ranked 79 in the QS Global World Rankings 2022 among the universities of the world.
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Yonsei Library contains more than three million books, journals, and magazines and over 30,000 students are pursuing higher studies in this university. Apart from Korean versions of ‘Historic 7th March Speech’, ‘Bangabandhu: The People’s Hero’, and ‘The Unfinished Memoirs’, the corner contains a number of publications in English on Bangabandhu, his life and works, history of Bangladesh’s War of Liberation including a few on the rich cultural heritage and tradition of Bangladesh.
From all these books of 'Bangabandhu Corner', the young generation of other countries including from South Korea will be able to enrich their knowledge about the history, heritage, and culture of Bangladesh including Bangabandhu's life, his struggles and sacrifices, his contributions in founding an independent Bangladesh, said the Embassy.
READ: ‘Bangabandhu Corner’ opened at Bangladesh Embassy in Japan
Resultantly, Bangabandhu’s political philosophy and ideology will spread to the younger generation of different countries of the world beyond the borders of South Korea and they are expected to become more interested in Bangladesh and Bangabandhu.
Parliament’s budget session prorogued
The 13th session of the 11th Parliament, which was the budget session, was prorogued on Saturday, after 12 sittings.
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury read out the prorogation of the President at 2:45pm. Before that, the speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the United Nations was screened in the House.
Seven bills were passed in the House during the session that started on June 2.
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On June 3, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed the Tk 603,681-crore budget for 2021-22 fiscal and it was passed on June 30.
The supplementary budget for 2020-21 fiscal was passed on June 7.
Eighty-five MPs took part in the general discussion on the budget.
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Healthcare services of the country were on top in the budget discussion as the health minister often came under fire by the MPs.
Feature film ‘Chironjib Mujib’ to be released in August
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has released the posters of a full-length movie, ‘Chironjib Mujib’, produced based on the autobiography ‘Ausamapta Atmajiboni‘(Unfinished Memoirs) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Prime Minister released three posters with her signatures at a sample ceremony at Ganobhaban on Wednesday.
Director of the film Md Nazrul Islam, also Speechwriter of the Prime Minister, was present on the occasion.
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The full-length feature film, dedicated to Bangabandhu’s daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana, will be released under the banner of Haider Enterprise in August next.
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Ahmed Rubel, Purnima, Khairul Alam Sabuj, SM Mohsin (late), Dilara Zaman, Azad Abul Kalam, Shatabdi Wadud, Somu Chowdhury, Arman Parvez Murad, Shahjahan Samrat, Selim Ahmed (late) and Jewel Mahmud, among others, acted in key characters of the movie.
Dhaka to host World Peace Conference in November
Bangladesh will host a two-day world peace conference in November this year, marking the ongoing birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of promoting a culture of peace and tolerance.
Bangabandhu Peace Award will be introduced and conferred during the conference.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said this while addressing a discussion at Foreign Service Academy, marking the anniversary of Bangabandhu's Joliot Curie Peace Prize given in recognition of his contributions to world peace.
Also read: New Delhi mission observes Bangabandhu's Joliot-Curie award anniversary
The Father of the Nation, who was a proponent of peace and addressing problems with dialogue, diplomacy and peaceful resolution of conflicts, was awarded the medal on May 23, 1973. It was the first international award to the newly-independent Bangladesh.
PM to inaugurate 140 cyclone and flood centres on Sunday, says minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate virtually 140 cyclone and flood shelters besides laying foundation of 50 Mujib Killas across the country on Sunday, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Mohammad Enamur Rahman has said.
Also on Sunday 30 district relief and disaster management information centres and five Mujib Killas will also be inaugurated by the prime minister, Dr. Enamur told a press briefing on Saturday.
Besides, construction, renovation, and development activities of 550 Mujib Killas’ are underway in 148 coastal and flood-hit Upazilas, according to the minister.
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Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib turns 41
Radwan Mujib Siddiq, the grandson of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and trustee of Centre for Research & Information (CRI), has turned 41 as his birthday falls on May 21.
Radwan, the eldest among three children of Bangabandhu’s younger daughter Sheikh Rehana and academician Shafiq Ahmed Siddique, was born on May 21, 1980.
His sister Tulip Siddiq is a British MP representing London’s Hampstead and Kilburn.
Their father Shafiq had worked at several universities in Bangladesh and abroad.
Followers keep greeting him soon after zero hour as CRI and Young Bangla shared two messages on their verified Facebook pages greeting Radwan.
Radwan is credited with initiating creative and analytic projects – from architecting Mujib graphic novel to co-producing the docufiction Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale to bringing forth Joy Bangla Concert to editing the country’s policy-based magazine WhiteBoard.
Also read: Radwan Mujib to launch new magazine WhiteBoard Sunday
The trend he set in motion of presenting history in the form of stories, films, and concerts revived the interest of the young generation in the country’s history.
Mujib Graphic Novel, based on the unfinished memoir of Bangabandhu, is the first of its kind in the country, presenting history to the kids as comics.
Another chance to watch "Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale" Monday
Rewinding the clock 40 years down the line and recreating the homecoming of a survivor of an assassinated family at the end of six years of torturous waiting and her journey onwards is a new breed of visual storytelling "Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale" introduced to the country.
With its local and global acclamation garnered due to its dramatic storytelling, the docufiction, shedding light on the less-explored aspects of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has not stopped casting its spell on the audience in past few years and is set to be rescreened on television channels on Monday.
BTV and BTV World will air the visual at 3:30pm marking her homecoming on this day in 1981 - May 17.
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Ekattor TV is set to air at 3:30 pm, Somoy TV at 4:40 pm, ATN News at 11:15 pm, and Channel 24 at 5:00 pm on Monday.