Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote
A discussion marking the 156th birth anniversary of Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore organised by Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote was held at Shilpakala Academy in the city on Monday. Awami League (AL) Publicity and Publications Affairs Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud was present as the chief guest. While speaking Hasan said AL did not want to split BNP, rather it wanted BNP’s participation in the next general election. “BNP has called its leaders and activists to stage rallies across the country to organise the party. But their leaders and workers were locked into clash,” he added. Hasan said, ” Now we are disappointed seeing the helpless condition of BNP. They are pleading through foreigners to hold talks with AL.” AL agreed to hold dialogue, but it would not sit with any terrorist group and war criminals, he said. Hasan said that people could not be fanatic, if practice of religion and culture went on together. The programme was addressed, among others, by AL’s Dhaka City South unit General Secretary Shahe Alam Murad, AL’s Shahhbagh police station unit President GM Atik and General Secretary of the jote Arun Sarker Rana. Vice-President of the jote Hasan Imam presided over the function.
Bangladesh Itihas Parishad
The annual conference of Bangladesh Itihas Parishad was held Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University recently. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon was present at the programme as the chief guest. While speaking Menon underscored the need for including the history of emergence of Bangladesh in curricula of colleges, public and private universities to glorify the history of the country. “The present generation is gradually becoming rootless because of their disinterest to history. They do not know glorious past of Bangalee nation. They have very little knowledge about the emergence of Bangladesh”, he said. But youths of the country, the minister said, led the Language Movement in 1952, Education Commission Movement in 1962, Mass Upsurge in 1969 and Liberation War in 1971 and created an independent Bangladesh.The minister said history is the mirror of time. “History must be known to realize the present. History upholds emergence, progress and flourishing of a nation,” he added. Vice-President of the parishad Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman presided over the event.
