District administration has accorded a reception to 600 valiant Freedom Fighters (FF) and family members of the martyred as recognition to their supreme sacrifices in the country's great War of Liberation in 1971.
The district administration arranged the reception at Shilpakala Academy auditorium in Rajshahi city on Thursday afternoon marking the celebration of Victory Day 2021 and golden jubilee of the country's independence largely attended by FFs and their family members.
Commissioner of Rajshahi division Dr Humayun Kabir addressed the ceremony as the chief guest while Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdul Baten and Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Abu Kalam Siddique spoke as special guests with Deputy Commissioner Abdul Jalil in the chair.
Valiant freedom fighter Professor Zinatun Nesa Talukder, Advocate Abdul Hadi and Dr Emdadul Haque and Superintendent of Police Masud Hossain also spoke.
Dr Humayun Kabir said the present government under the dynamic an visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been implementing various benevolent programs for the welfare of the FFs and their family members.
"All of us should have to take the responsibility and stand beside the great sons of the soil for their overall welfare," he added.
Terming the freedom fighters as the best sons of the soil, Dr Kabir said the local administration will do all possible for their welfare in the days to come.
The government is very much aware of the freedom fighters, best sons of the soil, alongside improving their living and livelihood conditions, he mentioned.
He urged the members of the new generation particularly the students to know the life and works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to become patriotic and Bengali nationalistic.
"The new generation must follow the ideals of Bangabandhu for becoming the patriotic citizens of the country," he said, adding that they should also listen to the speeches of Bangabandhu meticulously.
Bangladesh emerged as an independent country in 1971 under the dynamic and farsighted leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, he said.
