‘Struggle now is for rebuilding country’
MARCH 14, 1972
BANGABANDHU RECEIVES SALUTE
FROM AL VOLUNTEER CORPS
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman receives salute of the Awami League Volunteer Corps at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Maidan today. The PM also distributes the liberation trophy to the units of volunteers that won first and second positions at the liberation movement preparation parade last year.
At the meeting, Bangabandhu calls upon the people to participate in the struggle for national reconstruction to bring smiles to the faces of the country's suffering people. He announces the new slogan: The struggle now is for rebuilding the country and the struggle now is for establishing a society free from exploitation.
NO AID WITH STRINGS ATTACHED
Bangabandhu today reiterates that he will never accept aid from anybody if it is offered with strings attached. He makes it clear that the nation has sacrificed a lot for independence and 'when it has been achieved, we are ready to suffer for three months or more but we will not accept anything at the cost of prestige or independence'.
SMUGGLERS WARNED
Bangabandhu today sternly warns smugglers engaged in draining the valuable wealth of the country. Addressing the AL volunteer corps, he says that some unscrupulous elements are engaged in such activities, taking advantage of the present condition of the country. These elements will be completely weeded out of society because the huge sacrifice and blood paid for liberation must not be allowed to go to waste.
DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH MALAYSIA SOON
Malaysia and Bangladesh have agreed to establish diplomatic ties as soon as possible. A joint statement issued in Dhaka today upon conclusion of the visit of a three-member Malaysian ministerial delegation says that it is also agreed that the two countries will cooperate in all possible fields of bilateral interests.
UN COMMISSION TO DISCUSS ATROCITIES IN BANGLADESH
A resolution to set up an ad hoc working group of experts to report violation of human rights in Bangladesh during the Pakistani occupation is discussed by the human rights sub-committee of the UN. Secretary General of ICJ Niall Macdermot, who is in Dhaka on a two-day visit, says that ICJ through its representative John Salzberg has urged the human rights sub-committee to investigate human rights violations in Bangladesh from March1, 1971. He also points out that it was as early as April 3, 1971 that the ICJ protested against the secret trial of Bangabandhu.
SOURCES: March 15, 1972 issues of Ittefaq, The Bangladesh Observer, Azad, Morning News, Dainik Bangla and Purbodesh.
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