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BDR carnage staged to foil poll verdict, start civil war

Says prime minister

Staff Correspondent
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the brutal killings at the BDR headquarters on February 25 was staged to foil people's verdict in the last parliamentary' polls and push the country'towards a "civil war ".
"They [evil forces] wanted to foil the December 29 poll verdict and push the country towards a civil war by creating anarchy." she said while addressing the distribution ceremony of Bazlur Rahman Smriti Padak 2008 at the National Museum.
The Liberation War Museum honours journalists with the award after the late editor of the daily Sangbad every year for their work on the history of the Liberation War.
Sheikh Hasina asked all to remain alert about the conspirators. "They will not sit idle. They will continue to try to create conflicting situations again and again. So. remain highly alert against the plotters.' she said.
The evil forces have engaged in brutal killings one after another, trying to destabilise the country, since they were defeated in the Liberation War in 1971, Hasina said Whenever the Awami League comes in power, evil forces are busy to implement their anti-people blueprints, added the Awami League chief
Hasina pledged to try' the war criminals and eliminate militancy from the soil and build Bangladesh as the most peaceful country in South Asia.
Hiree journalists-two from the print media and another from the electronic media--won this year's awards for reporting on and documenting the Liberation War.
Azizul Parvez of the daily Samakal received the award for his series reports on 1971 genocide at the grass roots level, Rukunodoullah of the daily Sangbad for his series reports on repression and genocide in lessore, and Amjad Kabir Chowdhury of ATN Bangla for his report
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on 1971 genocide.
The PM urged journalists, writers and artists to work judiciously to strengthen the foundation of democracy. "The media can identify the government's mistakes. We also hope that the media will work in a sensible way," she said.
"Please do not do anything that may confuse the masses and inspire the war criminals and militants to carry out antipeople activities," she added.
Prof Syed Anwar Hossain, convenor of the award jury board, chaired the programme. Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique, noted novelist Selina Hossain and Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali, among others, addressed the programme.
Eminent actress Sarah Zaker read out an obituary reference on the Liberation War martyrs and the victims of the February 25-26 Pilkhana camage.
Late Bazlur Rahman's wife Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and noted journalist Abed Khan, among others, were present at the function.