<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">Qaumi Ekta Week will be observed across the country from todayto foster and reinforce the spirit of communal harmony and nationalintegration. The observation of the week will help to highlight the inherentstrength and resilience of the nation to withstand actual and potential threatsto the eclectic and secular fabric of the country. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">The occasion also provides an opportunity to reaffirm age-old traditionsand faith in the values of tolerance, co-existence and brotherhood in amulti-cultural and multi-religious society. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">As part of the week-long programmes, today will be observed as NationalIntegration Day. Programmes like meetings, symposia and seminars will beorganised to emphasise the themes of secularism, anti-communalism andnon-violence. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">The last day of the Qaumi Ekta Week will be observed asConservation Day and several meetings and functions will be organised toemphasize the growing need for awareness and action to conserve theenvironment.<o:p /></span></p>''<div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The National Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organisation with the Ministry of Home Affairs, organises Communal Harmony Campaign coinciding with the Qaumi Ekta Week and observes the Communal Harmony Flag Day on 25th November.<br />''</div>