Information Minister Hasan Mahmud has said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was inextricably involved in the assassination of Bangabandhu and his family members on August 15, 1975.
"His involvement in the killing of Bangabandhu and his family members was mirrored in the interviews with foreign television by Col Faruque and Col Rashid, and it was also clear through the books published after the gruesome murder," he said.
The minister was speaking as chief guest at a meeting on "August 15" at Boalkhali upazila in Chittagong on Saturday.
The information minister emphasized on the formation of a commission for trial of the masterminds including Ziaur Rahman who colluded with the grisly murder, to make future generations aware of the true history and ensure the rule of law.
Hasan Mahmud said the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu had dreamt of building
a developed state and today's developed Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea were less developed than Bangladesh when Bangabandhu was killed on August 15, 1975.
"If Bangabandhu was alive, Bangladesh would have been a developed nation
before those countries within 10 to 15 years," the minister said.
Hasan Mahmud, also the publicity and publication secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said a vested group in connivance with an international clique and anti-liberation forces killed Bangabandhu.
He said Bangabandhu could not implement his lifelong dream of "Sonar Bangla" but the country is heading towards that goal under the leadership of his daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Referring to the demand of building a new Kalurghat Bridge in South Chittagong, the minister assured of taking all out steps to remove complications if any in constructing the bridge over the Karnaphuli river.
Presided over by President of Boalkhali upazila unit Awami League Nurul Amin Chowdhury, the meeting was conducted by its acting general secretary Mokkarram Hossain, while the meeting was addressed, among others, by acting president of Awami League Chittagong city Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury, Upazila Chairman Nurul Amin, Awami League leaders Rezaul Karim Bablu, Rezaul Karim Raza and SM Jashim Uddin.
