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Bangabandhu’s speeches to be screened at Times Square today

BSS . Dhaka
15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 | Update: 15 Aug 2021 00:56:26
Bangabandhu’s speeches to be screened at Times Square today
A colourised image of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivering his historic March 7, 1971 speech – Mujib100 Archive

A compilation of speeches of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be screened at Times Square, the New York City’s major tourist attraction, today.

The clip will be screened 720 times in 24 hours, once in every two minutes, at the world famed huge “Ball Drop” billboard at the Times Square marking Bangladesh’s national mourning day.    

The audio-visual clip consists different memorable moments of Bangladesh’s founding father, including his Historic March 7th speech.  

Earlier, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said the initiative has been taken as part of the ongoing celebration of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.

“We have been looking forward to get an exposure at historic Times Square and Empire state building (in New York City) since long... now we got the chance,” he said.

The foreign minister said the clip on Bangabandhu and the county’s economic advancement at the place like Times Square will help Bangladesh in brightening its global branding.

Apart from screening the clip on the huge luminous digital billboards, Momen said that a programme would also be held on August 15 at the Times Square marking the national mourning day.

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