Speakers at a roundtable in the city on Saturday emphasized on strengthening hands of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for building a secular country.
“The defeated force of 1971 made their presence felt on many occasions in the past. But we have been able to crush them under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Now we have to strengthen her hands to build a secular country,” said Awami League Joint General Secretary Abdur Rahman, MP. Valiant Freedom Fighter and former Army Chief Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid in his speech said a new kind of spirit was created from 1975 to 1996 after the brutal killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“We have to try to build a secular country by recalling those days,” he said.
They came up with the observations while addressing a roundtable tilted “Not Communalism, Need Humane Bangladesh” organized by Jangibad o Samprodayik Protirodh Morcha, a platform against communalism and militancy in CIRDAP auditorium in the city.
Presided over by morcha’s Convener Dr Tureen Afroz, the roundtable was conducted by its Chief Coordinator FM Shahin. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Farzana Mahmud presented keynote paper on the occasion. Dhaka University pro-VC Prof Dr Muhammad Samad called for narrating to new generation the brutal crimes committed by killers of 1971. “To get rid of communalism, we have to promulgate one thing and that is we all are human being and friends of each other,” he said. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum curator Md Nazrul Islam Khan stressed on providing equal rights to each and every citizens for building a secular country.
News24 head of current affairs Samia Rahman, war wounded Freedom Fighter Dr Amzad Hossain, Jatiya Party leader Sunil Shuvo Roy, Communist Party of Bangladesh leader Ruhin Hossain Prince, noted actress Aruna Biswas, Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad leader Tapas Kumar Pal, Supreme Court lawyer Cumar Debul Dey and bbarta24.net editor Bani Yasmin Hashi addressed the roundtable, among others.
