Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government has been trying its best to keep the country’s economy vibrant despite the world is going through a global economic recession due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.
“We’re building Bangladesh with the ideal of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. We have been able to transform Bangladesh into a developing country. One day this Bangladesh will be built as a developed and prosperous country,” she said.
She was addressing a discussion virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here commemorating the death of her former political adviser Dr SA Malek.
Bangabandhu Parishad organised the discussion at Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum in the capital’s Shahbagh.
The Prime Minister recalled the contribution of Dr SA Malek to spread the ideology of Bangabandhu and the Liberation War spirit in a turbulent period after assassination of the Father of the Nation with most of his family members on August 15 in 1975.
“Dr SA Malek is one of them who played a key role to put forth the ideology of Bangabandhu before the people,” she said, adding that Dr Malek had played a great role in making the people familiar with the term of “Second Revolution” given by the Father of the Nation.
Sheikh Hasina, also President of Bangladesh Awami League, said she never thought that she would be the president of the party (Awami League) although she did politics from her school life.
“But, I had to take charge of the Awami League as the party made me its president in my absence through the council of 1981,” she said.
Dr Malek and Mohammad Hanif played the most significant role in electing her as president of the Awami League while they made public opinion and took it to the party forum, she said.
The Prime Minister said she even scolded Dr SA Malek for insisting her to be the president of the Awami League time and again.
Former Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor (VC) and Acting President of the Bangabandhu Parishad Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique presided over the function.
She prayed for eternal peace of Dr Malek’s departed soul and conveyed deep sympathy to his bereaved family.
The Prime Minister said Bangabandhu Parishad was formed aimed at spreading the ideology of the Father of the Nation. In this connection, she recalled the contribution of Dr Matin Chowdhury and others to form the organisation.
The Prime Minister vowed to always stand by the Bangabandhu Parishad.
