Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Mar 17 through video conferencing.

He will also send a video message on the occasion, said Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs of India, in a meeting at Hyderabad House in Delhi on Wednesday (Mar 11).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also join the video conference.

Moreover, India will provide 150 ambulances to Bangladesh, 100 for birth centenary of Sheikh Mujib and 50 others representing the 50 years of relationship between India and Bangladesh, Shringla said in a discussion with Bangladeshi journalist and editor, delegates visiting India.

After the detection of coronavirus cases for the first time in Bangladesh, the year-long programs taken to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during the "Mujib Borsho" have been rescheduled considering public health.

The grand inaugural ceremony of the birth centenary celebrations scheduled for Mar 17 next at the National Parade Ground has been put on hold due to the prevailing situation across the world caused by the coronavirus outbreak and it will be held later.

Other celebration programs will also be observed avoiding massive public gatherings.

Indian Prime Minister Modi was scheduled to visit Bangladesh on Mar 17 with a bilateral component.