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Recognise Genocide Day

Sun News Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the world community including the United Nations to recognise March 25 of 1971 as the International Genocide Day.

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The prime minister said while she was presiding over the Awami League's parliamentary board's meeting at her official Ganabhaban residence on Saturday.

Prime Minister said the Pakistani occupation forces had resorted to attacks on unarmed Bangalees on the dreadful night of March 25 in 1971 and continued the killings for nine months.

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She said that 30 lakh people were killed and 3 crore people became homeless as their houses were burnt to ashes at that time. Of total 7 crore people, 3 crore were homeless and one crore took shelter as refugees in India,

Prime Minister said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had started running the state with the devastation and built a war-ravaged country.

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"The Father of the Nation turned Bangladesh into a developing nation within three years and seven months of his stay in power. But, unfortunately he (Bangabandhu) was killed inhumanly on August 15 in 1975," she said.

Not only the Father of the Nation, his companions and the four national leaders were also brutally assassinated inside the Dhaka Central Jail on November 3 in 1975, she said.

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