Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh is planning to celebrate the 100th birthday of its founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman locally and internationally.

"We'll use the local and international media to celebrate the occasion," Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said on Sunday.

He is the convener of the media, publication and documentation sub-committee formed ahead of Bangabandhu's birth centenary.

Mahmud was speaking at the first meeting of the sub-committee in Dhaka's International Mother Language Institute.

He welcomed various proposals presented by the participants and urged them to submit the proposals in writing to the member secretary within five days.

The proposals include publishing special supplements in local newspape...