In his speech, the Ambassador described his country’s position of pride in the world today. It shows her journey from that act of terrorism to her triumph as a political leader, achieving Bangabandhu’s dream of building ‘Sonar Bangla’ (‘Golden Bengal’).
The product of five years of research and effort, the film presents the previously untold story of what Sheikh Hasina experienced, not as a politician but as a human being. There was a special screening of the docu-film Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale, which tells the story of the struggle by the Prime Minister and her sister, Sheikh Rehana, after their father and all the other members of their family were brutally murdered in a military coup on 15 August 1975. He spoke of the historic journey of struggle, courage, perseverance and patience taken by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in leading his country to freedom -a journey taken up by his daughter, now Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. He recalled the contribution of the international community, particularly the extraordinary support of India, in the War of Liberation of Bangladesh. He paid his deepest homage to the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the three million dead who were martyred in the Liberation War and the two hundred thousand women whose fight for freedom lead to them being despicably violated by the Pakistan military and its collaborators. The Bangladeshi Ambassador, Mahbub Hassan Saleh, addressed an audience at the Brussels Press Club drawn from the diplomatic community, EU institutions, think tanks, media and members of the Bangladeshi community in Belgium.
16 December 1971 was a day of triumph but it came after nine months of tragic loss and numerous atrocities, writes Political Editor Nick Powell. Bangladesh’s Victory Day, the anniversary of the Pakistan Army’s surrender to the newly independent nation and its Indian ally, has been celebrated in Brussels by the country’s Embassy to the European Union.
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