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Referring to UNESCO’s recognition to the historic March 7 Speech of
Bangabandhu as the world’s documentary heritage, the prime minister said the
speech has been placed in an UN body as an invaluable document of the human
civilization, adding, “It’s a great and rare honour for the people of
Bangladesh.”
Sheikh Hasina said the military dictators banned playing the speech after
the assassination of Bangabandhu in 1975. “But ignoring all hurdles, the
leaders and workers of Awami League played this speech,” she said, adding
none can erase the history and suppress the truth.
Talking about Bangabandhu’s visionary leadership, the premier said,
“Bangabandhu enacted ‘The Children Act’ in 1974 much before the United
Nations formulated the act in 1989. It proves how visionary the Bangabandhu
was in his leadership.”
In school life, she said, Bangabandhu used to giveaway his schoolbooks and
personal belongings to help the poor friends and fellow schoolmates as he
deeply felt their sufferings.
Bangabandhu has dedicated his whole life for the cause of the people as he
deeply loved them. He wanted to see Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous
nation where people would not be oppressed, intimidated and deprived.
To this context, the premier recalled the contribution of her mother
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, grandfather Sheikh Lutfur Rahman and
grandmother Saira Khatun to help Bangabandhu becoming a huge personality.
Sheikh Hasina, also the eldest daughter of Father of the Nation
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, said Bangabandhu used to love the children
most. “Bangabandhu always nourished the expectation that every child would be
a worthy citizen of the country,” the prime minister said.
Highlighting the projects taken by her government for development of
children’s education, the premier said her government has taken many
initiatives for their physical and cultural development.
Sheikh Hasina said they (Sheikh Hasina and her younger sister Sheikh
Rehana) had to stay abroad for six months after assassination of Father of
the Nation along with most of his family members on the dreadful night of
August 15 in 1975.
“After returning the country, we (Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana) have
found none of my father, mother, three brothers and their wives. We only
found a number of graves in Banani graveyard and the grave of our father
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman besides our grandfather and grandmother,”
she continued.
Despite knowing to face the same fate of Bangabandhu, “I retuned the
country to materialize his dream to make Bangladesh a developed and
prosperous one freeing from hunger and poverty,” she mentioned.
Now the dreams of Bangabandhu are becoming true as the county is
progressing ahead under the leadership of the Awami League government, she
said.
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