PM urges all to uphold democratcic values
Monday, 15 December 2014
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday urged all to uphold the development and democratic values being imbued with the spirit of the freedom struggle.
In a message on the occasion of the Victory Day, she said, "Let us engage ourselves for the services to the country and its people. Let this be our vow on the Victory Day of 20l4."
"Today is the 16th December, the Great Victory Day. This is the day of greatest pride for the Bangali nation," the Prime Minister said responding to the clarion call of the greatest Bangali of all time, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Bangali nation earned the ultimate victory on this day in 1971 after 23 years of intense political struggle and a 9-month bloody war against the Pakistani occupation forces.
She extended her sincere greetings and warm felicitations to the countrymen at home and abroad on the occasion of the 43rd Victory Day.
"On this glorious day, I pay my deep homage to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. I recall with gratitude the four national leaders, and three million martyrs, who sacrificed their lives and two hundred thousand women, who lost their innocence for the cause of our independence," Sheikh Hasina added, according to a news agency.