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Bangabandhu ensured basic rights of people: Palak
DHAKA, Aug 25, 2019 (BSS)-State Minister for Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
ensured the five basic rights of the Bengali nation enacting constitution after
the country’s independence.
“Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ensured the five basic
rights of food, clothing, housing, education and health formulating the
constitution in line with the spirit of the country’s independence,” he said.
The state minister said this while addressing a discussion and a Doa-mahfil as
the chief guest at BCC auditorium of ICT Tower in city’s Agargaon area.
The Information and Communication Technology Division organized the meeting on
the occasion of the 44th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu and National
Mourning Day.
With ICT Division Secretary N M Ziaul Alam in the chair, the meeting was
addressed, among others, by Standing Committee on Ministry of Post Tele
Communication and Information Technology Chairman A K M Rahmatullah, Bangabandhu
Memorial Trust Curator Md Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Managing
Director Hosne Ara Begum and Begum Afroza Jamil (Kanka), the daughter of Bir Uttom
Shaheed Colonel Jamil Uddin Ahmed.
The state minister also said the anti-liberation forces wanted to erase the real
history of the war of liberation by killing Bangabandhu but they failed to destroy
his spirit.
He asked the youths to know the true history of Bangabandhu and the liberation
war for turning them into worthy citizens of the country.
Bangabandhu had dreamed of building a prosperous country through the
reconstruction of war-torn Bangladesh after independence, he said, adding that he
gave special importance to the science and technology sector.
Under his leadership, Bangladesh got membership of the International
Telecommunication Union in 1973, Palak added.
Bangabandhu established the first satellite earth station at Betbunia in
Rangamati, he said, adding that as a result, Bangladesh achieved the success of
launching the Bangabandhu Satellite-1 in space.
Palak urged all concerned to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina to pursue the country’s progress in building a technology-oriented digital
Bangladesh following Bangabandhu’s ideology.
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