Forget all divisions to build Sonar Bangla
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon people to take a vow on the auspicious moment of the Golden Jubilee of Independence that no one could play with their fate.
She also urged them to take an oath that no one can hamper the progress of the country's democracy and development.
"Let's forget all divisions and get inspired by the spirit of the Liberation War to build Bangladesh as a developed and secular Sonar Bangla as envisioned by the Father of the Nation," she said in her address to the nation marking the Golden Jubilee of Independence.
Hasina, also the Awami League president, said anti-liberation forces had carried out ill-intended activities at home and abroad to hinder the country's progress.
"That process [activities] is still underway. So we all have to resist all kinds of anti-state activities by taking up the role of vigilant watchmen."
The premier said, "We are celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Independence. But the celebration should not be only a formality. We have to take oath on the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation and the Golden Jubilee of Independence that we will take the country to a new height."
Describing the sacrifices made by country's people during the Liberation War in 1971, the PM said people had expectations that the country would be liberated and they would live in peace. "Today, we have been able to fulfill their expectations to some extent."
The premier greeted all Bangladeshis at home and abroad on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Independence.
She also remembered with gratitude the roles of the friendly states, institutions and individuals who extended their support to Bangladesh during its extremely bad times in 1971.
Hasina said, "Sheikh Mujib is the founder of a country and a nation state. That's why we are celebrating together his birth centenary and the Golden Jubilee of Independence."
Presenting various statistics on the country's development, she said, "This achievement is the achievement of the common people of the country…. My government created a congenial environment by providing only policy support. You [people] proved that if people of Bangladesh get a favourable environment, they can make anything impossible, possible."
She concluded her speech reciting a few lines from the lyrics of a song by Rabindranath Tagore.
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