Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted freedom fighters of the country on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two biggest religious festivals of Muslims.
Like other occasions, the premier sent flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the war-wounded freedom fighters and members of the martyrs' families and War-wounded Freedom Fighters’ Rehabilitation Centre (Muktijoddha Tower-1) on Gaznavi Road in the capital’s Mohammadpur area as a mark of her good wishes for them.
PM’s Assistant Press Secretary ABM Sarwer-e-Alom Sarker handed the items to them, according to a press release from the press wing of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
The war-wounded fighters and members of the martyrs' families thanked and expressed gratitude to the prime minister for remembering them on every national day and festival like Independence Day, Victory Day, Eid and Pohela Boishakh.
They also expressed gratitude to the premier for undertaking massive steps for their rehabilitation including the construction of Muktijoddha Tower-1, a 13-storey residential-cum-commercial building in Mohammadpur.
Freedom fighters highly praised the farsighted and strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
After the assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, the illegal power grabbers did not even evaluate them but rather harassed and disrespected them, the freedom fighters said.
The autocratic rulers did not stop there, but they stigmatized the country’s glorious history through distortion, they said.
The freedom fighters said that the daughter of the Father of the Nation brought back democracy and established the rule of law in the country upon assuming power in 1996.
Sheikh Hasina also upgraded the freedom fighters’ status to a dignified position, they said.
“We’re now pleased the most during the tenure of Sheikh Hasina's government,” she said.
PM’s APS Sarwer in his speech expressed his gratitude to the great sons of the sacred soil, saying, they established Bangladesh as a victorious nation on the global stage through a nine-month struggle.
He said the prime minister has fulfilled all the requirements of making Bangladesh a developing nation by 2021 and has been working tirelessly to build a developed, prosperous and Smart Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty by 2041.
