Terming communal violence a disease, Professor Emeritus of Dhaka University Anisuzzaman urged all to come forward and resist it.
He made the comments while talking to the Dhaka Tribune during a reception ceremony held at the Liberation War Museum auditorium at Segun Bagicha in the capital yesterday,
Bangladesh Rukhe Darao, a platform of progressive and eminent citizens, organised the reception ceremony to recognise Prof Anisuzzaman for his achievement of being awarded India’s Padma Bhushan award, the third highest civilian honour in India. He received the award for his lifelong contribution to Bangla literature.
Prof Anisuzzaman said: “It [communal violence] is like a disease. We all have to come forward to cure the disease.”
He also condemned Shaheed Minar vandalism at different locations in the country.
Three Shaheed Minars monuments were reportedly vandalised across the country on Thursday and Friday.
Journalist Abed Khan said: “It is a matter of sorrow for us that we do not value a person while he/she is alive, but we mourn for him/her after their death.”
Professor of the English Department at Dhaka University Syed Manzoorul Islam, author Selina Hossain, Prof Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, rights activist Sultana Kamal, Dr Shahdin Malik, Liberation War Museum Trustee Sarwar Ali, and Ziauddin Tariq Ali attended the reception ceremony, among others.
