Dhaka to officially celebrate its 400 years in December
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Adviser for Women and Cultural Affairs Rasheda K Chowdhury informed that Dhaka would officially celebrate its 400-year anniversary in December, BSS reports.
"The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has already formed a preparatory committee in this regard," she told newsmen in the city Friday.
The preparatory meeting for the official anniversary celebrations was held by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) last month, with its Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka in the chair.
The committee will meet after the Eid holiday with all concerned stakeholders in organising the celebrations, the adviser informed the reporters.
She was speaking to the newsmen prior to the inauguration of an Eid procession and rally, hosted by cultural organisation Dhaka -bashi and its '400-year Celebration Council'.
"Eid-ul-Fitr is a festival of peace, harmony and intimacy. So, it is a non-denominational festival," she said.
"Celebrations of Puja, Moharram and Eid, along with other religious festivals, should be encouraged with a nondenominational spirit,"
The adviser also joined a colourful rally, marked by balloons, festoons and musicians, that started off at Shishu Academy and ended at Hazaribagh passing by Shaheed Minar.
The theme of the rally was "Save Dhaka's lifeline, the Buriganga."
Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon and CPB Secretary General Mujahidul Islam Selim, and former chairman of the Privatisation Commission Inam Ahmed Chowdhury also joined the huge rally.
"The Ministry of Cultural Affairs has already formed a preparatory committee in this regard," she told newsmen in the city Friday.
The preparatory meeting for the official anniversary celebrations was held by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) last month, with its Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka in the chair.
The committee will meet after the Eid holiday with all concerned stakeholders in organising the celebrations, the adviser informed the reporters.
She was speaking to the newsmen prior to the inauguration of an Eid procession and rally, hosted by cultural organisation Dhaka -bashi and its '400-year Celebration Council'.
"Eid-ul-Fitr is a festival of peace, harmony and intimacy. So, it is a non-denominational festival," she said.
"Celebrations of Puja, Moharram and Eid, along with other religious festivals, should be encouraged with a nondenominational spirit,"
The adviser also joined a colourful rally, marked by balloons, festoons and musicians, that started off at Shishu Academy and ended at Hazaribagh passing by Shaheed Minar.
The theme of the rally was "Save Dhaka's lifeline, the Buriganga."
Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon and CPB Secretary General Mujahidul Islam Selim, and former chairman of the Privatisation Commission Inam Ahmed Chowdhury also joined the huge rally.