Staff correspondent:
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said valiant freedom fighter Sheikh Kamal was courageous and fearless as like Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.”Sheikh Kamal was vocal to instill that spirit which Bangabandhu had dreamt of building Bangladesh in such way,” he said.The Commerce Minister was addressing a commemorative and discussion meeting marking the 74th birth anniversary of the eldest son of Bangabandhu, sports and cultural organizer, and valiant freedom fighter Shaheed Captain Sheikh Kamal held at the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) building in the capital, said a Commerce Ministry press release here.Highlighting the life and work of Sheikh Kamal, Tipu said Sheikh Kamal was very talented and courageous as he had no arrogance despite being the eldest son of the head of state. “He (Sheikh Kamal) had a unique virtue of associating with people while he liked to be associated with sports, cultural, political and organisational activities,” he added. Terming himself as a fellow soldier of Sheikh Kamal, the Commerce Minister said Shaheed Sheikh Kamal had devoted his life for truth and justice as an activist of the Bangladesh Chattra League (BCL).Tipu mentioned that the defeated forces of Liberation War had assassinated Bangabandhu with most of his family members as they had perceived that the country’s people would be reorganized again if anyone from the Bangabandhu family remains alive. “But, ultimately they couldn’t become successful,” he
continued.Presided over by Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Tapan Kanti Ghosh, CEO of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute Dr Md Jafar Uddin, EPB Vice- chairman AHM Ahsan, Director General of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) AHM Shafiquzzaman, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms Sheikh Shoyebul Alam, and TCB Chairman Brigadier General M Ariful Hasan spoke at the function. Commerce Ministry Additional Secretary Maleka Khairunnesa gave the address of welcome while officials and employees under the Ministry of Commerce and its subordinate bodies were present, among others. Earlier in the morning, the Commerce Minister along with the Senior Commerce Secretary and other high officials paid homage to Sheikh Kamal by placing wreaths at his portrait at Abahani Play Ground in the capital.

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