Work to materialise Bangabandhu's 'Sonar Bangla': Chief justice

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday urged all to work together with a target to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for building the county as “Sonar Bangla”.

“The Father of the Nation had a dream to turn the country into a Sonar Bangla. Our responsibility and target will be to work to implement the dream. If it is done, his [Bangabandhu] departed soul will have peace,” he said.  

The chief justice was speaking at a blood donation programme organised by the Supreme Court in association with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University at the SC auditorium, marking National Mourning Day. Supreme Court judges, officials and staff attended the programme.

He said August 15 is the most shocking and watershed day in the history of Bangladesh, as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were brutally assassinated on this day in 1975.

Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain paid respect to memories of all the martyrs of August 15, 1975.

Supreme Court Registrar General Dr Md Zakir Hossain also spoke on the occasion, among others.

Earlier in the morning, the chief justice paid homage to the Father of the Nation by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road 32 in Dhaka.