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Sheikh Hasina said her government has taken various initiatives to restore
the country’s dignity which was destroyed by military dictator Ziaur Rahman
as he gave foreign posting to the killers of Father of the Nation.
Ziaur Rahman not only gave indemnity to killers of Bangabandhu but also
stopped the trial of the war criminals and released them from jail after the
assassination of Father of the Nation, she said.
She continued that the military dictator coming to the power by violating
the constitution also brought back the war criminals, who fled the country
with Pakistani passports, to the country and made them cabinet members and
advisers.
She added that Father of the Nation had initiated the trial of the war
criminals soon after the independence and arrested 21,000 persons in this
connection.
The Prime Minister said they had tried the killers of Bangabandhu and
initiated the trial of the war criminals for committing crimes against
humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971 and thus regained the
country’s dignity.
The post 1975 government also tried to erase the name of Father of the
Nation and banned the Historic March 7 speech, which inspired millions of
people to join the Liberation War.
The father of the nation has brought the country’s independence with his
24-year struggle to bring smile on the faces of the countrymen by achieving
their emancipation.
In this connection, she said, “We formed the government (in 1996) after 21
years. Since then, we have been trying to put forth the real history before
the people.”
The Prime Minister has once again requested all to follow the health
guidelines properly to remain protected from the second possible wave of the
Covid-19 as Europe has been rattled by the fresh surge of the diseases.
She, however, expressed her firmness that Bangladesh would definitely
advance towards prosperity and development due to the governments’ timely
measures despite the entire world getting stuck for the pandemic.
The PM prayed for salvation of the departed souls who died of COVID-19,
including “Swadhinata Purashkar-2020 recipient Azizur Rahman.
She also wished early recovery of coronavirus patients.
BSS/AHJ/RY/1412 hrs