UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh observed its Independence Day on Thursday but this year all programmes were cancelled as part of measures to curb the possible transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
On March 26, 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence following the crackdown on unarmed
Bangalees on the midnight of March 25 by Pakistani occupation forces.
Bangladesh finally emerged as an independent country on December 16, 1971, after a nine-month Liberation War in which three million people sacrificed their lives and 200,000 women were dishonoured.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages extending heartfelt greetings and warm felicitations to the people of the country at home and abroad.
President Hamid, in his message, urged everyone to be imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War and resolve in ‘Mujib Year’ to turn our country into ‘Sonar Bangla’ by completing the unfinished tasks of Bangabandhu.
“The golden jubilee of our independence will be observed in 2021 with great enthusiasm. Bangladesh will enter a new chapter – a new horizon. With the concerted efforts of all, let our beloved motherland be a poverty-free developed one; it is my expectation on Independence Day,” he said.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said the government has been implementing ‘Vision-2021’, ‘Vision-2041’ and ‘Delta Plan-2100’ and working tirelessly to build a Bangladesh envisioned by the Father of the Nation.
Bangladesh observed its Independence Day on Thursday but this year all programmes were cancelled as part of measures to curb the possible transmission of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
On March 26, 1971, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence following the crackdown on unarmed
Bangalees on the midnight of March 25 by Pakistani occupation forces.
Bangladesh finally emerged as an independent country on December 16, 1971, after a nine-month Liberation War in which three million people sacrificed their lives and 200,000 women were dishonoured.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages extending heartfelt greetings and warm felicitations to the people of the country at home and abroad.
President Hamid, in his message, urged everyone to be imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War and resolve in ‘Mujib Year’ to turn our country into ‘Sonar Bangla’ by completing the unfinished tasks of Bangabandhu.
“The golden jubilee of our independence will be observed in 2021 with great enthusiasm. Bangladesh will enter a new chapter – a new horizon. With the concerted efforts of all, let our beloved motherland be a poverty-free developed one; it is my expectation on Independence Day,” he said.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said the government has been implementing ‘Vision-2021’, ‘Vision-2041’ and ‘Delta Plan-2100’ and working tirelessly to build a Bangladesh envisioned by the Father of the Nation.
