Youths should explore '71 liberation war: Noor

Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor on Wednesday said young generation should explore the country’s liberation war as a great dedication, devotion, sacrifices, immense oppression as well as deprivation are linked with the history of that war.

“It’s not possible to explore the liberation war only through academic knowledge. We’ll have to go deep into it,” he said.

The minister was addressing a function marking the National Mourning Day and 43rd martyrdom anniversary of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held at the auditorium of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College this morning, said a press release.

He said the new generation should know and learn the history and tales of the liberation war.

“If possible, the freedom fighters and members of the martyred families could be brought into the class rooms and let them tell about the history of struggle, and dedication and sacrifices of the Bengali nation during the liberation war to students,” Noor said.

He mentioned that it was only Bangabandhu who gained the trust and confidence of the common people during that time.

Chaired by Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Governing Body chairman Golam Ashraf Talukder, the function was addressed, among others, by its governing body member Maruf Ahmed Monsur, Yunus Ali Akand, Ataur Rahman, Muhammad Mojibur Rahman Howlader, Muhammad Tajul Islam, Tinna Khurshid Jahan, Farhana Khanam, Mahbubul Haque Mithu, Mushtari Sultana and college unit coordinator Hasina Khanam.