The chief advisor of the interim government commented that it has not yet been possible to establish a just society based on independent Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus made this comment after the Independence Award was presented at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Tuesday (March 25).
The chief advisor said that the people of this country have been deprived of voting rights for a long time. A fascist government was established through corruption, looting, disappearances and murders.
After the turn of the awardees to give the awardees posthumously, he hopes to give the survivors a rule, adding that it is painful not to accept the awardees in Jeevan Island, but everyone in the country is happy to show their respects late.
Remembering the martyrs and the injured in the mass uprising in July. ‘We have had the opportunity to dream of building a ’new Bangladesh' because of their sacrifice, "We will not allow this opportunity to go in vain."
They have received the Freedom Award this year, — Professor Jamal Nazrul Islam (posthumously), in literature Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud (posthumous), Novera Ahmed in culture (posthumous), in social service by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed (posthumous), Mohammad Mahbubul Haque Khan alias Azam Khan (posthumous) in education and research, Badruddin Mohammad Umar in education and research and Abrar Fahad (posthumous).
Incidentally, on March 11, the Cabinet Department issued a notification for the highest award of the state.
