{"id":2369,"date":"2023-08-14T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2023-08-14T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:27:53","slug":"prof-arefin-seeks-intl-probe-into-bangabandhu-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"Prof Arefin seeks int&#8217;l probe into Bangabandhu killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff correspondent<\/p>\n<p>Bangabandhu Parishad acting President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique today demanded an international investigation into assassination of Bangabandhu along with most of his family members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bangabandhu killers wanted to destroy the spirit of the liberation war and push Bangladesh into Pakistani-style politics,&#8221; he told a discussion of Bangabandhu Parishad at Pani Bhaban in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Bangabandhu Parishad arranged the discussion marking Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman&#8217;s 48th Martyrdom Anniversary and National Mourning Day.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Planning Minister MA Mannan, Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, MP, security expert Major General Mohammad Ali Sikder (retd) and DU&#8217;s fine arts faculty dean Professor Nisar Hossain addressed the discussion which was moderated by Bangabandhu Parishad General Secretary Prof ABM Faroque.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;National and international investigation into Bangabandhu assassination is required to stop the recurrence of such heinous incidents as anti-liberation forces are still hatching conspiracy to kill Bangabandhu&#8217;s daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,&#8221; said Prof Arefin, also former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU).<\/p>\n<p>He said those who masterminded the conspiracy should be unmasked through forming an independent commission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The conspirators are out to hatch new conspiracies to avenge their defeat in 1971. We have to be careful,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbing Bangabandhu as an advocate of world peace, Prof Arefin said Bangabandhu&#8217;s March 7 speech was liberation of the Bengali nation but it is still now encouraging repressed people all over the world to raise their voice in establishing their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Abdur Razzaque said anti-liberation forces had killed Bangabandhu to destroy liberation war spirit and to make Awami League, which led the country&#8217;s liberation war, as leaderless.<\/p>\n<p>The masterminds behind the plot of Bangabandhu assassination must be unmasked through forming a commission comprising justices and lawyers, he said.<\/p>\n<p>After grasping state power, military dictator Ziaur Rahman tortured AL leaders and activists, he mentioned.<br \/>\nPlanning Minister MA Mannan said anti-liberation forces assassinated Bangabandhu through a long plot to bring back the country to Pakistani ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing the comment of Prof Arefin Siddique, Mannan also demanded international investigation into the assassination to unearth the plot designed at home and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff correspondent Bangabandhu Parishad acting President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique today demanded an international investigation into assassination of Bangabandhu along with most of his family members. &#8220;Bangabandhu killers wanted to destroy the spirit of the liberation war and push Bangladesh into Pakistani-style politics,&#8221; he told a discussion of Bangabandhu Parishad at Pani Bhaban in the city. Bangabandhu Parishad arranged the discussion marking Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman&#8217;s 48th Martyrdom Anniversary and National Mourning Day. Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, Planning Minister MA Mannan, Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, MP,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/2371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}