Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born in 1920 in Tungipara in Gopalganj.

The main opposition Awami League, its front organisations and different socio-cultural groups have taken up various programmes to observe the day as 'National Children's Day' -- an idea introduced by the past Awami League government.

The ruling four-party government has, however, dropped it since coming to power.

The AL on the occasion will hoist the national and party flags atop its offices across the country at 6:00am.

The AL leaders and workers will pay tributes to Bangabandhu placing wreaths on his portrait at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhanmondi in the city.

The party today holds milad mahfil, discussion meetings and cultural programmes, including a discussion at the museum in the afternoon.

An AL delegation from the city will visit Tungipara and lay wreaths on the grave of Bangabandhu there.

Awami Jubo League will organise a discussion meeting in Tungipara, while another discussion will be held at the Liberation War Museum in the city at 4:00pm today.

Leader of the Opposition and AL chief Sheikh Hasina in a message yesterday said Bangabandhu is the father of the nation and supreme leader of independence.

Hasina, Bangabandhu's daughter, called upon the people to resist any conspiracy by the anti-liberation forces. She urged them to come forward to build 'Sonar Bangla of Bangabandhu' that would be devoid of hunger, poverty, exploitation and deprivation.

She also urged the people to build up united resistance against repression and human rights violations patronised by the BNP-led alliance government.

She also accused the government of distorting the history of the Liberation War.