Bangladeshis form world’s largest human flag

Bangladeshis today formed the world’s largest human national flag, breaking the record set up by Pakistanis last year.Total 27,117 volunteers, mostly students, stood up with red and green blocks to form the flag at the National Parade Ground in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.The participants stood there for 6 minutes 16 seconds, though the requirement for setting a new world record was 5 minutes.On October 21 last year, 24,200 students set the record for Pakistan during the Punjab Youth Festival.The programme began around 9:00am and continued till 1:40pm. The main attraction is set at 12:30pm when the 30,000 volunteers will complete the flag.After two trials for 30 seconds, the participants went to complete the flag around 1:30pm.(thedailystar.net)ANN.Az