Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday urged the countrymen to forge stiff resistance against saboteurs to continue the Bangladesh’s current development spree to turn it into ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“Bangladesh is now on the highway of development under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to materialize Bangabandhu’s dream,” he told a discussion coinciding with Bangabandhu’s 99th birth anniversary at the Jatiya Press Club auditorium here.
Hasan added: “So let’s form a strong resistance against those who want to impede the country’s ongoing development.”
Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote (BSJ) organized the discussion to mark the anniversary, observed as the National Children’s Day, while former lawmaker Sarah Begum Kabori chaired the function.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Managing Director and Chief Editor Abul Kalam Azad addressed the discussion as the special guest while Awami League (AL) South City unit General Secretary Shahe Alam Murad was present as the key speaker.
Hasan, also the publicity and publication secretary of the ruling AL, said the nation earlier witnessed devilish attempts to erase Bangabandhu from the national life.
“The (past) governments of Ziaur Rahman and Begum Zia even tried to wipe out Bangabandhu’s name and his noble works from people’s mind. But their efforts eventually turned to be futile,” he added.
Hasan said Bangabandhu gifted the people of the soil an independent and sovereign country and the country was now on the track of development under Bangabandhu daughter Sheikh Hasina’s dynamic and visionary leadership.
