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Published on June 22, 2014
Over 2.50 lakh people sang the national anthem at the National Parade Ground in the capital creating a new Guinness World Record.
The Prime Minister also received another certificate for her participation in the programme.
Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor handed over the two certificates to Sheikh Hasina at her Jatiya Sangsad office here yesterday evening.
Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division Let Gen Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq was present. The certificate of Guinness World Record will be preserved at the Prime Minister's Office.
Bangladesh was listed in the Guinness World Record for singing the national anthem by the largest number of people together in Dhaka on March 26.
The Guinness World Record later made the announcement on its official website.
"The most people singing a national anthem simultaneously is 254,537 and was achieved by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of the Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh at the National Parade Ground in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 26 March 2014," said the website.
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