State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Monday that the political wisdom and prudence of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were the key foundation of development in Bangladesh.
“The Father of the Nation had shown his prudence through purchasing five gas fields from a British company at a cost of 4.5 million pounds”, he said while addressing a discussion meeting and prayer ceremony on the occasion of the 48th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu and National Mourning Day at Bidyut Bhaban on Monday.
Bangabandhu Engineers Council organised the programme.
Nasrul Hamid mentioned that the country so far produced gas from the fields worth of Tk 6,21,000 crores while the value of remaining gas will be Tk 3,17,000 crores.
Another landmark decision of Bangabandhu was to send officers and students abroad for training to develop skilled human resource, he added.
Former Minister and Member of Parliament Asaduzzaman Noor was the keynote speaker while Chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Mahbubur Rahman presided over the event.
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President of IEB Engineer Md. Abdus Sabur, General Secretary of Bangabandhu Engineers Council Central Committee Engineer Md. Nuruzzaman also spoke on the occasion.
Nasrul Hamid said an anti-Bangladesh force killed him under whose far-sighted, prudent and correct leadership Bangladesh became independent.
The same circle and their successors tried to kill Sheikh Hasina 19 times.
Some 24 people were killed in a grenade attack on 21 August 2004 in a similar attempt on her.
The State Minister said Bangladesh's development and democracy are not safe from the anti-independence cliques who create the politics of murder. “They must be resisted unitedly”.
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