Failed are those who tried to foil independence: PM.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said those who had tried to foil Bangladesh's independence themselves turned out to be failed as the country marchers on a higher trajectory of development. "The anti-liberation elements who want to foil the independence of Bangladesh as they do not want that people of the country move around the world with their heads high have become failed as Bangladesh has already reached a dignified position on the global stage," she said. The Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President noted that Bangabandhu's January 10, 1972 speech carries all the guidelines required to run an independent state. 'The January 10, 1972 speech of Bangabandhu at the Racecourse Maidan on his return to the country from Pakistani captivity has all the required guidelines to run an independent state. There was no written speech in his (Bangabandu's) hand. Whatever he said he uttered from his heart,' she said. She was presiding over a discussion meeting virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman The AL organized the meeting from the party's central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital. This day (January 10) in 1972, Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country's Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh from London via New Delhi after 290 days of captivity in Pakistan jail, says a BSS report. The Prime Minister called upon all her party leaders and activists, particularly the new generation, to rehear the speech of January 10 alongside the Historic March 7, 1971 address of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In this connection, she said, 'You will get everything by rehearing the speeches such as getting inspiration in doing politics.' The Prime Minister simultaneously urged all the people to follow the health guidelines, including wearing masks and sanitizing hands, to protect themselves and thus others from the coronavirus. She also reminded all that Bangladesh was badly affected by the virus in March last year and this may repeat as the month of March is approaching. Noting that her government has taken all the measures to bring coronavirus vaccines she said, 'The vaccine will come, InshaAllah. Despite the fact, we have to properly follow the health guidelines as we have been able to control the Covid-19 by maintaining the guidelines.' The...