Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun called upon the youth to follow the ideology of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal for being a good citizen of the country.
“Sheikh Kamal had played a vital role in the mass uprising of the 1970 and the Liberation War. After the Liberation War, Shaheed Sheikh Kamal conducted different programmes for reconstructing the war-torn Bangladesh,” he said.
The minister said this on Monday while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on “Multidimensional Bangladesh”, marking the 70th birth anniversary of Shaheed Sheikh Kamal, at the Jatiya Press Club here, said a press release.
Humayun said Sheikh Kamal, along with his friends, formed a famous artist group, titled “Spondon shilpi gosthi” and established the “Abahani Krira Chakra’.
Convener of the Sampriti Bangladesh Pijush Bandyopadhyay presided over the meeting.