The High Court (HC) today ordered authorities
concerned to include the historic speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in textbooks of university, college, secondary and
higher secondary levels.
A HC division bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice Shahed
Nuruddin passed the order after holding further hearing on a rule issued
earlier in this regard.
“An expert committee will do the job of including the speech in textbooks,”
petitioner Advocate Dr Bashir Ahmed told newsmen.
The court also asked authorities concerned to expedite the work of building
sculpture of the Father of the Nation at Suhrawardy Udyan and implement the
earlier order of setting up Bangabandhu’s murals in all the districts.
The HC on February 25, 2020, had ordered authorities concerned to declare
March 7 as ‘Historic National Day’ and issue a gazette notification within
next one month in this regard.
The court on that day had issued the rule asking as to why it shall not
pass order to include glorious history of March 7 in primary, secondary,
intermediate and varsity curriculum.
The HC on November 20, 2017, had issued another rule asking the authorities
concerned to explain in three weeks as to why March 7 shall not be declared
as Historic National Day.
The court in its rule also had asked why a stage will not be recreated at
the place in Suhrawardy Udyan, where Bangabandhu stood and delivered his
historic speech on March 7, 1971, accorded reception to former Indian Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi and where Pakistani occupation army surrendered to the
allied force on December 16, 1971.bss