The nation must pay its due honour to the Freedom Fighters (FFs), the best sons and daughters of the soil, during their lifetime to uphold spirit of the War of Liberation, speakers said here today.
They were addressing a reception ceremony accorded to three valiant freedom fighters by Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry at RCCI auditorium in the city as a part of observance of the great Victory Day- 2013.
The RCCI organised the ceremony for according reception to freedom fighters Shahidar Rahman, Enayet Ullah and Khalilur Rahman and distributing crests among them for their extra ordinary contributions and heroism in the War of Liberation.
Commander of Rangpur district unit of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangshad and former RCCI President Mosaddek Hossain Bablu attended and addressed the ceremony, participated by over 100 freedom fighters, as the chief guest.
Noted educationist Professor Maloy Kishore Bhattacharya attended the reception ceremony as the special guest with RCCI president Mostafa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu in the chair.
Former RCCI President ATM Shahnewaz Bablu, its former Senior Vice-presidents Mohammad Jahangir and Abul Kashem, former Junior Vice-president Ramkrishna Somani, incumbent Directors Shah Mohammad Selim, Mostafa Ahamed, Fazlul Haque and Mozammel Haque Dambel, also spoke.
Vice-president of RCCI Golam Zakaria Pintu narrated the heroism and contributions of the three freedom fighters through power point presentation in the ceremony participated by private sector bankers, businessperson, teachers and students of RCCI Public School & College, local elite and journalists.
The speakers said the freedom fighters presented an independent country without thinking anything in return while they were fighting against the well-trained Pakistani occupation forces to liberate the country in 1971. They asked all concerned for upholding the true spirit of the War of Liberation through building an exploitation-free non- communal Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.