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Remember you are a victorious nation

PM tells children; asks them to enhance country's dignity

BSS, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged children and juveniles to nourish the spirit of patriotism and pride of a victorious nation to consolidate the country's dignity in the future world.
"You have to always keep it in mind that you are the descendants of a victorious nation... So you have to love the country deeply to take it forward from where we left off," she said.
The prime minister was addressing the Independence and National Day 2018 rally of children and juveniles at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital.
Wishing a bright and prosperous future for children, the prime minister said, "We want children to build themselves as... leaders of the future as they would steer the country at different levels in the coming days."
Sheikh Hasina reiterated her call to parents and guardians as well as teachers and religious leaders to remain careful in keeping the children out of the influences of militancy, terrorism and drug addiction.
"Children must pursue their
studies attentively to build themselves as worthy citizens and each and every parent and guardian must ensure this," she said.
She also urged the children to obey the directives of their parents, guardians and teachers.
Minister for Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Haq was present on the occasion held under the auspices of Dhaka district administration.
Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Abu Saleh Mohammad Ferdous Khan gave the vote of thanks.
The prime minister distributed prizes among winners of nationwide school competition on singing the national anthem in proper melody and pronunciation.
She said the goal of independence was to make Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country. "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has given us independence, and it's our duty to material-ise the goal and ensure Bangladesh's position in the world."
Pointing out Bangladesh's graduation to a developing nation from the group of least developed coun-
tries (LDCs), Hasina said, "We will not live seeking alms or bowing our heads to others... We will live with dignity as a victorious nation."
The prime minister expressed her firm conviction that Bangladesh will celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu in 2020 and golden jubilee of independence in 2021 as a hunger and poverty-free nation.
"And Bangladesh would be a developed and prosperous country in South Asia by 2041," she said seeking cooperation of people from all walks of life in this regard.
Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh was born as an independent and sovereign state through 23 long years of struggle and a nine-monthlong bloody war. As an independent nation, we have to secure our position in the world community, she added.
The prime minister said Bangladesh was liberated to eradicate poverty and to ensure decent livelihood for its people.
Bangladesh was included in the list of the LDCs within three and a half years under the leadership of Bangabandhu, but it was a misfortune that the Father of the Nation
was brutally murdered along with most of his family members on August 15 in 1975,shesaid.
"My sister and I could escape the carnage as we were staying abroad at the time and we had to stay abroad as refugees for six years," she added.
Sheikh Hasina said since her return home in 1981 as Awami League president, she has been making constant attempts to materialise the dream of independence and build a prosperous Bangladesh.
She said her government has accomplished many tasks for the country's development during the five years when her party came back to power in 1996. After formation of the government in 2009 for the second time, she said, her party declared a charter of changes to build a "Digital Bangladesh" that would be free from hunger and poverty.
"Today, Bangladesh is a digital nation where poverty has declined to a large extent," she said, adding that students are getting schoolbooks free of cost and about 2.03 crore students are getting scholarships.
The prime minister said the government is constructing more schools for students all over the country and sending multimedia equipment for classrooms to facilitate modern education for students.
Sheikh Hasina paid glowing tributes to Bangabandhu, the four national leaders, martyrs of the Liberation War, freedom fighters and women who suffered at the hands of the Pakistan occupation forces during the Liberation War.
On the occasion, the galleries of Bangabandhu National Stadium were decorated with portraits of Bangabandhu, the four national leaders, the Bir Shresthas, the prime minister and phographs of natural beauties of Bangladesh.
The prime minister witnessed parades of school students and took salute. She also enjoyed attractive display of the students on different themes of the Liberation War.