Chittagong Bureau :
A month-long 29 th traditional Victory Fair began yesterday on the city’s MA Aziz Stadium premises with the objective of informing the new generation of the heroic tales of nine-month long bloody struggle of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharrf Hossain formally inaugurated the Fair by igniting the victory flame in presence of large number of freedom fighters and people from all walks of life.
Speaking briefly on the occasion, the housing minister said the traditional victory fair has been playing a vital role in informing the youth folk of the prestigious history of the War of Liberation.”The new generation could not be able to know about the fact if such victory fair was not arranged”, he said adding that the fair, which was first-ever organised in Chittagong, has now spread across the country.
Paying tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said none but Bangabandhu is the father of Bengali nationalism.
The minister said there is no other country in the world that had to shed such blood to achieve the independence.
Co-Chairman of the Victory Fair Celebration Committee Badiul Alam, presided over the function.
Valiant freedom fighters of the city has been organizing the fair since 1989 with basic objective to focus the supreme sacrifice made by the heroic sons of the soil for Independent Bangladesh, highlighting true history, culture and significance of the glorious war before the future generation.
Valiant freedom fighters will take part in the reminiscence meetings every day afternoon to recount fond memories of their heroic tales of the war on the Victory Dais permanently erected in the fair.
Country’s leading cultural groups will perform wide ranges of cultural functions including, folksongs, Nazrul and Tagore songs, staging of drama, dance, magic show, exhibition of documentary on liberation war and recitation. Nearly 250 stalls and 10 pavilions have been set up to showcase various indigenous products in the fair.
A month-long 29 th traditional Victory Fair began yesterday on the city’s MA Aziz Stadium premises with the objective of informing the new generation of the heroic tales of nine-month long bloody struggle of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharrf Hossain formally inaugurated the Fair by igniting the victory flame in presence of large number of freedom fighters and people from all walks of life.
Speaking briefly on the occasion, the housing minister said the traditional victory fair has been playing a vital role in informing the youth folk of the prestigious history of the War of Liberation.”The new generation could not be able to know about the fact if such victory fair was not arranged”, he said adding that the fair, which was first-ever organised in Chittagong, has now spread across the country.
Paying tributes to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said none but Bangabandhu is the father of Bengali nationalism.
The minister said there is no other country in the world that had to shed such blood to achieve the independence.
Co-Chairman of the Victory Fair Celebration Committee Badiul Alam, presided over the function.
Valiant freedom fighters of the city has been organizing the fair since 1989 with basic objective to focus the supreme sacrifice made by the heroic sons of the soil for Independent Bangladesh, highlighting true history, culture and significance of the glorious war before the future generation.
Valiant freedom fighters will take part in the reminiscence meetings every day afternoon to recount fond memories of their heroic tales of the war on the Victory Dais permanently erected in the fair.
Country’s leading cultural groups will perform wide ranges of cultural functions including, folksongs, Nazrul and Tagore songs, staging of drama, dance, magic show, exhibition of documentary on liberation war and recitation. Nearly 250 stalls and 10 pavilions have been set up to showcase various indigenous products in the fair.
