DHAKA : Former Chief Adviser to the interim government,
Professor Muhammad Yunus, today said the July Memorial Museum is not just an
establishment but the beginning of a new chapter in the Bangladesh’s history,
reports BSS.
“The path of a new Bangladesh will begin from here. If we
lose our way, we will start from here,” he said while speaking at the
inauguration ceremony of July Memorial Museum in the capital this morning.
Prof Yunus said the July Memorial Museum will become the
centre of “our history”.
“If we ever lose our way in the future, the journey of a
new Bangladesh will start from here again,” he said.
Prof Yunus asked the youth of the country to be the
writers of this memory and come forward towards creating a new Bangladesh.
At the end of the programme, Prof Yunus urged all present
there to visit the July Memorial Museum every year.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Liberation War Affairs
Minister Ahmed Azam Khan, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed, Cultural Affairs
Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury and the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Information
and Cultural Affairs Dr Zahed Ur Rahman, among others, were present on the
occasion.
Earlier, the Prime Minister inaugurated the museum. Established at Ganabhaban, it has been created to preserve the authentic history of the July Mass Uprising, document the nation’s resistance against autocracy, pass that legacy on to future generations and honour the sacrifices of the martyrs and the July fighters.
