Adviser for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Youth and Sports Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said supporters of the fascist ruler won’t be able to deny their misdeeds as their atrocities during the July Uprising and their torture cell Aynaghor have been documented locally and internationally.
He said this while addressing as the chief guest the closing ceremony of Dhaka University’s “Youth Festival 2025” at the university's central playground.
He said: “We visited the mysterious Aynaghor yesterday (Wednesday) and let the world perceive what had been happening there. The world has seen the realities, yet the supporters of fascism are shamelessly denying the fact.”
“But denying the facts won’t be fruitful this time because their atrocities during the July Uprising have been documented and published,” he added.
Speaking about the significance of documenting the July atrocities and Aynaghor, the adviser said: “The fascist forces, who clang to power by committing crimes like killing and enforced disappearances, will permanently be pondered as the enemy of the common masses both nationally and internationally.”
“To reconstruct Bangladesh with the energy of youth, we have been observing the youth festival across the country and young people are participating in the festivals spontaneously with enthusiasm,” he said.
“The program has been arranged aimed at organizing our youth and to present their ability and power to the world,” he added.
Regarding the contribution of youths during the July Uprising, he said: “The youths functioned as the driving forces in the movement and still now the youths are serving the best to defuse all kind of conspiracy. If they remain functional as they are now, it will be impossible to misguide Bangladesh”
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan was in the chair while Youth and Sports Secretary Md Rezaul Maksud Zahedi was present as the special guest.
The adviser distributed prizes among the winners of different competitions including drawing, case solving, debate and chess.
At the end of the program, the Convener of DU Youth Fest Prof Jashim Uddin gave thanks to the participants and organizers of the festival.
The curtain of the three-day-long Youth Festival of DU falls on Thursday night with a concert to be performed by national award-winning rock icon Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, popularly known as “Nagarbaul James”.
