The historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be observed on Thursday.On January 10, 1972, Bangabandhu returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after over nine and half months of captivity in a Pakistan jail. Bangabandhu was subjected to inhuman torture in the Pakistan jail where he had been counting moments for the execution of his death sentence that was pronounced in a farcical trial.
Bangabandhu inspired the Bangalee nation. He was the inspiration of the freedom fighters. Under his undaunted leadership, the Bangalee nation earned the ultimate victory through the nine-month war. The defeated Pakistani rulers were finally compelled to release Bangabandhu from jail. The victory of the Bangalees attained its fulfilment with his release.
Ruling Awami League, its associate and front organisations and various socio-political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day. Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have issued separate messages on the occasion.
The President, in his message, urged all to take the pledge to continue the advancement of the country by implementing the unfinished tasks of the great leader imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation. In her message, the Prime Minister called upon all to come forward to build a hunger-poverty-free and happy, prosperous Sonar Bangladesh as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. – UNB
