Speaker wants opposition to return to parliament

Speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid yesterday said it would be easier for him to find solutions to problems if the opposition party returns to the parliament and express their views there instead of doing it outside the House.
He said he is yet to get any response from the opposition after putting efforts to bring them back to the parliament.
The speaker made this remark at the 'Khelaghar Sahitya Utsab' organised by Kendriya Khelaghar Asar at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium yesterday.
Addressing the programme as the chief guest, Hamid said the dreams that followed the country's independence are still far from being fulfilled, but there have been many achievements that are sure to inspire the nation to move forward.
Many untoward events have hampered the practice of democracy, but the Speaker said he is hopeful Bangladesh will grow as a powerful and peaceful democratic country that ensures the rights of its citizens.
The speaker also called on the children to practise literature to build a nation without any discrimination.
Noted Indian writer Sunil Gangopadhyay said Bangla is now the fifth most widespread and most important language in the world and it is the responsibility of the children to uphold its prominence in the international community.
"In today's world, learning English and other foreign languages is really important. But this does not mean that you would ignore your mother tongue Bangla," he said.
Litterateurs Selina Hossain and Hasan Azizul Huq and Khelaghar Kendriya Committee Chairperson Prof Mahfuza Khanam also spoke on the occasion.
Kendriya Khelaghar Asar, an organisation for children, was established on May 2 in 1952 with a view to giving the children a platform to flourish their talents with the ideology of the liberation war.