DHAKA, March 27, 2022 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her
government is working to build Bangladesh as non-communal country free from
hunger and poverty imbued with the spirit of the Liberation War.

"We have one target to bring back the nation to the spirit of the Liberation
War and to build the country as non-communal free from poverty and hunger,"
she said.

The prime minister said this in a meeting of the National Implementation
Committee for Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Birth
Centenary Celebration at Shapla Hall of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
here.

Sheikh Hasina, also the chairman of the implementation committee, said
Bangladesh had gone far away from the spirit of the Liberation War after
killing of the Father of the Nation along with most of his family members on
August 15, 1975.

"It was an attack on the entire Bangalee nation," she said, adding that
Bangabandhu had dedicated her whole life to liberate the people and gave them
a beautiful and improved life.

Following the ideal of the Father of the Nation, she said her government has
transformed Bangladesh into a developing country in 2021 when the nation
celebrated the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the golden
jubilee of the country's independence.

The prime minister said they have brought the country under cent percent
electrification and have been making houses for every homeless and landless
people.

"The day is not far when not a single person will be left without address or
homeless and landless. We are creating a scope for their survival," she said.

The prime minister reiterated her vow to continue the indomitable pace of the
country's development.

 Sheikh Hasina said she has a plan to build a separate library basically e-
library on Bangabandhu's 32 no house in Dhanmondi on a large scale.

 That library will be established so all across the globe have access to the
library to study and conduct research on the available documents to be
preserved in it, she added.

In this regard, she said a small library now remains in the 32 no house.
The premier stressed the need for making digitised all the documents
including various publications, books, films, short films, documentaries on
the Liberation War and the architect of independent Bangladesh aimed at
preserving those.

Referring to establishing Muktijoddha Complex in each upazila having a mini
museum, she said that these are mainly built as none can destroy the history
of the Liberation War.

The prime minister also advocated for disseminating the history of the
Liberation War at the grassroots.

Referring to building a military museum, Toshakhana Museum and an underground
museum at Suhrawardi Udyan, she said the government is doing everything
possible to preserve the history of the Liberation War for generation after
generation.

Sheikh Hasina said her government has a plan to modernise the national
library and build planetarium in each of the division and a cell in the
International Mother Language Institute to preserve the history of the
Liberation War.

In this connection, she reminded the nation that attempts have been made
several times to distort the country's real history.

The prime minister herself and on behalf of her younger sister Sheikh Rehana
thanked the members of both the implementation and national committees to
successfully observe the birth centenary celebration of Bangabandhu despite
challenges arising out of the Coronavirus pandemic.

She said her government did not able to celebrate Bangabandhu's birth
centenary and golden jubilee of the country's independence programmes on a
large scale due to the Covid-19 aimed at saving the lives of the people.

But, many programmes were held digitally, she said.

The prime minister mourned deaths of her two teachers, Prof Anisuzzaman and
Prof Rafiqul Islam, who worked hard for successful celebration of the Father
of the Nation's birth centenary programmes.

Members of the Bangabandhu's birth centenary celebration committees including
Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and Chief Justice Hasan
Foez Siddique, cabinet members, high civil and military officials and eminent
cultural activists were present on the occasion.