Dhaka: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is synonymous with independent Bangladesh as he liberated the country and gave roadmaps for all kinds of development.
This was said by speakers at a seminar jointly organised by Oxford Political Review (OPR) and Dhaka University Law and Politics Review (DULPR) Tuesday night.
The online dialogue was styled “The role of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in establishing the independent sovereign Bangladesh and state building afterwards.”
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Information and Research Secretary
Bangladesh Awami League Dr Salim Mahmud, Emeritus Prof of Commonwealth Studies at University of London James Manor were panel discussants.
They shed light on life and works of Bangabandhu and negative impact of his assassination on the country and its people.
Speaking on the occasion, Dipu Moni said Bangabandhu not only proclaimed country’s independence but also gave complete roadmap for all socioeconomic development.
“Bangabandhu provided us with a constitution which upholds peoples’ ownership. The highest charter also ensured exploitation free and secular nature of the country by incorporating four basic principles,” she said.
The progress in the fields of education, healthcare, power and mineral and maritime resources were planned by Bangabandhu much ago, she added.
“What we are doing today was planned by Bangabandhu in the past. The country is on its way to be golden Bengal which was envisaged by him.”
Salim Mahmud recalled dedication, sacrifice and longstanding struggle of Bangabandhu giving birth to an independent country like Bangladesh.
Drawing analogy between countries, he said Bangladesh is the only state to have got independence through only 10 months of war due to capacity and apt leadership of Bangabandhu.
