BSS, Dhaka

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said the spirit of Amar Ekushey inspired the country’s people to wage the July uprising aiming to build a “New Bangladesh”.

While addressing at the inaugural session of Amar Ekushey Boi Mela at the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan, he said the great explosive power that ignited the July uprising was hidden in the blood of Barkat, Salam, Rafiq, and Jabbar.

After half a century, the indomitable sprit of the martyrs of language movement gave strength to the people for the mass uprising and changed the country, he added.

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