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RU-BANGABANDHU-MARATHON (with picture)
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon held in RU
RAJSHAHI, March 5, 2021 (BSS) – ‘Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon-
2021’ was held in Rajshahi University (RU) with participation of some
enthusiastic and jubilant youths and students today.
40 East Bengal Regiment (Mechanized) in association with the 11th Infantry
Division of the Bangladesh Army and its Bogura Area organized the event.
The marathon was arranged to mark the birth centenary of Father of the
Nation, the architect of independence and the founder of Bangladesh,
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
RU Vice Chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan accompanied by Pro vice-chancellors
Prof Ananda Kumar Shaha and Prof Chowdhury Jakaria formally inaugurated the
marathon on the varsity campus.
Starting from RU main gate at 5 am today, participants of the marathon
reached the same point around 10 am after marching 42.2-kilometer city
streets via some important road crossing and intersections.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof Sobhan urged all to play a due and
responsible role in materializing the dream of building ‘Sonar Bangla’
envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“The nation was taken backward after the killing of the Father of the
Nation but her worthy daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her
political wisdom and realistic vision is forwarding the county,” he said.
He said the spirit of the Liberation War has been established in the
country under the dynamic leadership of Bangabandhu’s worthy daughter Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh is now a unique example of communal
harmony in the world.
Prof Sobhan said Bangabandhu dreamt of building a secular Bangladesh. But,
it is regrettable that the conspirators had destroyed the spirit of non-
communalism through the killing of Bangabandhu brutally, he added.
He also said the country is moving forward with indomitable speed to
materialize the dream of Bangabandhu under the dynamic and visionary
leadership of the prime minister.
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