PM emphasis for teaching children country’s real history

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid emphasis on teaching children the country’s real history and urged all to be vigilant so that no vested group can snatch the Bangalee’s achievements again.

“For this, pace of development has to be continued integrating the countrymen (with the process),” she said.

The premier said this while addressing a discussion organised on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day.

She chaired the discussion joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban. Awami League (AL) organised it at Bangabandhu Mazar (Mausoleum) Complex at Tungipara, Gopalganj.

The Prime Minister said, “We have to work for the betterment of the mass people integrating them with this trend of development.”

Apart from this, Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Awami League, stressed on giving lesson to the children – generation to generation – that 21 February is Language Day and people of Bangladesh have sacrificed their blood for Bangla Language.

“And this day (February 21) is International Mother Language Day,” she said, adding, “the Bangalees have sacrificed blood for the mother language which is now acknowledged internationally and our children can know this.”

Mentioning that 26 March is Independence Day and 16 December is Victory Day, she said, “Everyone (children) have to be informed about the history of the sacrifices behind this Independence Day and the Victory Day.”

She added: “This might evoke patriotism among them (children).”

On this Children’s Day, she urged all AL leaders and activists to take initiative so that the children, generation to generation, can know the truth.