A High Court-directed committee has found that the print version of Bangabandhu’s historic 7th March in the constitution contains 136 errors. A report in this regard from the Ministry of Law was submitted to the relevant bench of the High Court on Thursday.  The HC bench of justice Md Mojibur Rahman Mia and Justice Khizir Hayat Khan will hear the writ petition in this regard but the date has not been fixed yet, said, petitioner’s lawyer Subir Nandi Das.   “Hopefully the High Court will hear the petition next week,” he said.  On March 10, 2020, a HC bench of Justice Tariq ul Hakim and Justice Md. Iqbal Kabir passed the order after a hearing on a writ filed by Supreme Court lawyer Subir Nandi Das on behalf of Kashed Ali, a resident of Raynagar village in Rajbari district on March 5. The court also sought a report with all the documents after analysing every audio and video of the speech within six weeks. Also Read: Khaleda gets permanent bail in defamation cases According to the order, a committee was formed led by Professor Shamsuzzaman Khan (late), former chairman of Bangla Academy. Journalist Zafar Wazed, director general of Bangladesh Press Institute, was made the member secretary of the committee. The other members of the committee are prominent historians and writer Muntasir Uddin Khan Mamun, former Deputy director general of Bangladesh Betar Ashfaqur Rahman, Director General of Bangladesh Betar Hosne Ara Talukder, Director General of the Department of Film and Publications, M. Golam Kibria and Director General of Bangladesh Television S. M. Harun-ur-Rashid. Besides, the court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned why directives should not be given for attaching to the constitution the accurate speech delivered by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 7, 1971.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Australia Mohammad Sufiur Rahman has said Bangabandhu is a lighthouse and source of eternal inspiration for the freedom loving people all over the world. He made the remarks at a programme organised by the High Commission marking historic 7 March. High Commissioner Rahman highlighted the context of the historic 7 March speech and the exceptional political astuteness of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.  Read: Historic March 7 observed in Colombo Citing the speech as an epic, he illustrated that this speech captured the century long yearning for freedom of the Bangali nation. Bangabndhu provided clear directives of every step of achieving independence in this speech through civil disobedience but stopped short of unilateral declaration of independence, he added.  The High Commissioner also stressed on the importance of comprehensive research on this rousing speech on how it awakened the entire nation to fight for the rights and justice and that forever changed the fate of them. Prior to the discussion session, the historic 7 March speech was screened before the audience at the Chancery in the evening.  The distinguished community members participated in the discussion session and highlighted that Bangabandhu's speech was probably the singular speech that helped create an independent and sovereign state. Read: Bangladesh observing historic March 7 to draw inspiration from Bangabandhu’s iconic speech The programme of the day started in the morning with flag hoisting while all the officials remained present.  The messages by the President and the Prime Minister were read out.  Prime Minister’s address on the occasion of the historic 7 March was also streamed live on the Mission’s social media page for the diaspora members across Australia. 

The High Court on Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to include the 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the curricula of educational institutions. It also ordered the formation of an Education Expert Committee to determine whether it would be included in SSC, HSC or the higher level of education. Read: Bangabandhu's 7th March speech to ever-inspire people of Bangladesh: Envoy Justice FRM Najmul Ahasan and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Bashir Ahmed in 2017. Attorney General AM Amid Uddin and Deputy Attorney General ABM Abdullah stood for the state. Read: Bangabandhu’s historic March 7 speech translated to Irish, Scottish, Welsh languages Lawyer Bashir Ahmed filed a writ petition in 2017 seeking necessary directives to declare the 7th March as National Historic Day and build a sculpture at the stage from where the speech was delivered. On February 25 2020, the HC ordered the government to declare March 7 as "National Historic Day" and issue a gazette notification in this regard.

The Japan-Bangladesh Society (JBS) is an organisation of leading Japanese who are closely associated with Bangladesh. Formed in 2014, this relatively new organisation is already making significant contribution in cementing further the friendly ties between Japan and Bangladesh and is also serving as a window to allow Japanese people to know about the country better. Former Japanese ambassadors who served in Bangladesh, leading Japanese academics involved in research about various aspects of Bangladesh, leading business houses in Japan and business community leaders with commercial interest in the country, as well as NGO representatives, media related people and students who are studying Bangla or subjects related to Bangladesh are members of this group. The society is already enjoying high reputation in Japanese community.

Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo commemorated the historic 7th March speech of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in a befitting manner.

Marking the Golden Jubilee of the historic 7th March speech delivered by the country’s founding president and the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at  what is now the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka, noted socio-cultural organisations arranged various virtual and offline programmes on Saturday.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran on Sunday said the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu delivered ex tempore before a sea of people at the then-Race Course (now Suhrawardy Uddayan) in Dhaka will forever inspire the people of Bangladesh. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the historic 7th March speech was apparently the actual declaration of independence as Bangabandhu uttered twice with utmost assertion that this time the struggle is for our freedom and this time the struggle is for our independence. “He (Bangabandhu) said twice that “Ebarer Sangram Muktir Sangram. Ebarer Sangram Swadhinatar Sangram” (this time the struggle is for our freedom. This time the struggle is for our independence) giving utmost assertion in his speech. That means he had clearly said that it’d be the struggle for independence and it’d be a war of independence. So, the 7th March speech can be said as the actual declaration of independence from this point of view,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while addressing a virtual programme arranged by the Cultural Affairs Ministry to mark the Historic 7th March.

The historic  7th March, a memorable day in the history of Bangalis’ long arduous freedom struggle, will be observed  across the country on Sunday in a befitting manner.

The High Court on Tuesday directed the government to form a high-level committee to examine whether Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech was presented wrongly in the constitution.