

"Getting the public mandate in 1996, Bangladesh Awami League formed the government after 21 years.
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"The assassins and their accomplices promulgated the 'Indemnity Ordinance' to block the trial of this heinous murder in the history," she added. While Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was advancing to build an exploitation-deprivation-free non-communal democratic 'Sonar Bangla' overcoming all obstacles, the anti-liberation forces brutally killed him along with most of his family members on 15 August 1975, she mentioned.Īfter the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, the development and progress of Bangladesh came to a halt, she said, adding that the politics of killing, coup and conspiracy started. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib turned war-ravaged Bangladesh into a 'least developed' country," she continued. In 1975, the GDP growth rate exceeded 9%. In just 10 months, our constitution was drafted on the basis of the spirit of Liberation War under his direction. "Destroyed roads, bridges, culverts, railways, ports were rebuilt to revive the economy. Sheikh Hasina said in just three and a half years of his government, the Father of the Nation rebuilt the war-ravaged country. She went on saying that the valiant freedom fighters earned ultimate victory on 16 December by defeating Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators- Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Sham. The first government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh with Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the President, Syed Nazrul Islam as the Vice- President and Tajuddin Ahmad as the Prime Minister was sworn-in on 17 April at the historic Mujibnagar and led the Liberation War," the premier added. "At the early hours of March 26, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib declared independence of Bangladesh. She further said that on the fateful night of 25 March of 1971, the Pakistani occupation forces launched a brutal onslaught and committed genocide on the innocent and unarmed Bangalees. The Father of the Nation realized that the oppression, persecution and deprivation meted out to the Bangalee nation would not be ended without achieving independence, she said.Īccordingly, on the historic 7 March of 1971, Bangabandhu in front of a million of people at the then Race Course Maidan firmly pronounced, 'The struggle this time is a struggle for our emancipation, the struggle this time is a struggle for independence."Īt the call of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, country-wide non-cooperation movement began, she said, adding that preparation for waging armed struggle also continued. The Awami League secured an absolute majority in whole Pakistan during the general elections of 1970, she said, adding that, however, Pakistanis did not allow the Bangalee nation to assume power.

Under the undaunted leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, the Bangalee nation got prepared for independence through Language Movement of 1948-'52, Education Movement of 1962, Six-point Demand of 1966, and Eleven-point Movement and Mass Upsurge of 1969, she said. She also paid her tributes to four national leaders, three million martyrs, two hundred thousand dishonoured women of the War of Liberation and the greatest sons of the soil - the Freedom Fighters whose supreme sacrifices made independent-sovereign Bangladesh.Įxpressing gratitude, she recalled those foreign states and friends, who had extended their support to Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971.

She with deep gratitude recalled Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Responding to the clarion call of the Greatest Bangalee of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Bangalee nation achieved ultimate victory on this day in 1971 after 23 years of intense political struggle and 9 months of blood-shedding War of Liberation," she said. Bangladesh has completed 51 years of its victory. This is one of the glorious days in the national life of Bangalees. "I extend my heartiest greetings and congratulations to the countrymen on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of our great victory," the Premier said in a message issued here today. DHAKA, (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has extended her greetings and warm felicitations to the country's people on the occasion of the 52nd Victory and National Day.
