The Office of the National Implementation Committee for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 100th Anniversary Celebration International Mother Language Institute (5th floor) Shaheed Captain Mansur Ali Road 1/A Segun Bagicha, -1000

Press Release

The world leader of the oppressed, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 100th anniversary celebration to uphold international standards

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is not only the leader of the Bengalis but also the leader of all oppressed people in the world. For a worldwide circulation of the celebration, all events of the 100th anniversary celebration needs to maintain an international standard. Remarked Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Information, the chief guest at a meeting of the National Implementation Committee’s meeting.

A joint venture film on the life of Bangabandhu is being produced in collaboration with India. The Minister assures that more films will be made to honor Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s legacy.

Today, the National Implementation Committee organized a collaborative meeting of the media, broadcast and documentation subcommittee and the film and documentary sub committee at their office in International Mother Language Institute. Professor Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam presided over the meeting in the presence of Dr. Md. Murad Hasan, State Minister of Information, and Md. Shahriar Alam, State Minister of the Foreign Ministry. Dr. Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury also presented a progress report regarding the events of Mujib Year and 100th anniversary celebration of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Many other matters discussed in the meeting were, the establishment of the National Implementation Committee’s Media Center, international broadcast about Bangabandhu in print and electronic media, the collection of news articles regarding Bangabandhu in international newspapers, broadcast in social media, installment of digital screens around the country and circulation of Bangabandhu’s speech in audio visual medium, creating contents on Bangabandhu and their broadcast, organizing media conference in Dhaka and Tungipara including organizing media conferences in New York, London, Brasselles, Delhi and Kolkata.

Akbar Hossain Pathan, the convener of film and documentary sub committee of the National Implementation Committee, Begum Mashura Hossain, the Chief Executive Officer of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust, Md. Aminul Islam, the Editor in Chief of publication and circulation of the Awami League Central Committee, Ashraful Alam Khokon, Sub-Secretary of Press at the Prime Minister’s Office, Filmamker Morshedul Islam, Amitabh Reza Chowdhury and Masud Pathik, Actor Riaz Ahmed and Ferdous Ahmed, the director of Rainbow Film Society Ahmed Mujtuba Jamal were present at the meeting. Among journalists Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, the ex-President of Federal Journalist Union, Abul Kalam Azad, Managing Director and Chief Editor of BSS, Saiful Alam, President of Bangladesh Press Club and Editor Begum Farida Yasmin, Gen. Secretary of BFEUJ, Shaban Mahmud, CEO of Ekushe TV Manzurul Ahsan Bulbul, Chief Editor of 71 TV, Mojammel Babu, Managing Director of Daily News Kashem Humayun, Managing Editor of Daily Janakantho, Editor of Amader Natun Shomoy newspaper, Naimul Islam Khan, Editor of Bhorer Kagoj, Shyamol Dutta, Director of Desh TV, Poet Tarique Sujat, Chief News Editor of ATN Bangla JE Mamun, CEO of Nagorik TV, Dr. Abdun Nur Tushar, Publisher of Daily Ittefaq, Begum Tarin Hossain, Journalist of 71 TV, Farzana Rupa and Desh TV’s journalist, Sadikur Rahman Parag. The Director of SM Harun Ur Rashid, Director of Film and Publication Department, Md. Istaque Hossain, Director of Bangladesh Betar, Narayan Chandra Shil along with senior officials of the Ministry of Information, Foreign Ministry and the National Implementation Committee were also present.

**Requesting to make the required arrangements for immediate release and circulation of the news.

Nasrin Jahan Lipi Chief of Media Cell National Implementation Committee for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Contact: 01552-414221 E-mail: [email protected]

Circulation:

1. Senior Associate Information Officer (Press), Department of Information, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka.

2. DDG (News), Bangladesh Television, Television Building, Rampura, Dhaka.

3. Communication Officer/ Assignment Editor/ Chief Videographer, Bangladesh Television, Television Building, Rampura, Dhaka.

4. Chief Reporter, BSS/UNB/BDNews24.com/ Bangla News 24.com.

5. Director of Program, Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka (Duty Officer/ OB Branch) 6. Assignment Editor

BTV/ATN Bangla// ETV/Bangla Vision/ RTV/ Baishakhi TV/ Desh TV/ DBC/ Deepto TV/ MyTV/ Gazi TV/ Shomoy TV/ / / Mohona TV/ ATN News/ Ekattor TV/ / GTV/ Asian TV/ Maachranga TV/ Jamuna TV/ News 24/ SA TV/ Bijoy TV/ NTV/ Bangla Vision/ Independent TV/ Nagorik TV/ Bangla TV/ Ananda TV.

7. Assignment Editor, Radio Today/ Radio Foorti/ ABC Radio.

8. Chief Reporter of all national daily newspapers.