The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has called upon the new generation to know the correct history of the independence struggle and the war of liberation of Bangladesh.
'The new generation should know the true history of the war of liberation through which the country achieved independence in 1971,' she said while addressing the inaugural function of extension building of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city on Saturday.
Co-chairperson of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust and younger daughter
of Mujib Sheikh Rehana formally inaugurated the extension building.
Hasina, also the chairperson of the trust, said Bangabandhu Bhaban was the birthplace of all movements and it remained as a testimony to the history.
'My mother constructed rooms of the building one by one and it was later turned into the birthplace of all movements,' she said.
The prime minister said she and her daughter were not allowed to return home for six years after the August 15 carnage. 'When we came back home after six years of the massacre, we are not allowed to enter our house. As a result, we were compelled to attend milad on the road,' she said in an emotion-choked voice.
She said the property of her grandfather and grandmother would be donated to the trust.
Recalling the simple lifestyle of Mujib, Hasina said people would be able to learn about the country's true history by visiting the museum as it bears the memories of the tireless and historic activities of the great leader.
She called upon all to work unitedly to materialise 'Sonar Bangla' as dreamt by Mujib.
The prime minister also launched the 'Web Archive' of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on the internet. Later, she went round different sections of the newly-constructed extension building of the museum.
Terming Mujib as the leader of the common people, Rehana said,' The new generation is learning wrong history of the country and I hope they would know the correct history by visiting the museum.'
With Memorial Trust president professor AF Salauddin Ahmed in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by trust member Abdul Hafiz Mallik, curator of the museum Syed Siddikur Rahman, assistant curator Kazi Afrin Jahan and Iqbal Habib of 'Vitti Sthapati'.
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid and adviser to prime minister Syed Modasser Ali, lawmaker Sheikh Helaluddin and PM's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad were present at the function, among others.
The newly constructed extension building of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum will present the visitors with a glimpse of the life and works of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman based on 31 themes.
Besides, the tragic events of August 15 will be presented through the use of light and sound to make people learn about the true history of the country.
Source : New Age
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