The National seminar was held on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day 2022
On the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day 2022, a national seminar on “The Brutal Murder of Sheikh Russel: A Dark Chapter on the Road to Justice, Peace and Progress” was held on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. The seminar was organized by the Department of ICT of the ICT Division of Bangladesh at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
The seminar was chaired by the Honorable State Minister for the ICT Division Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP. He said that Sheikh Russel’s pain, suffering and his emotional feelings were written by Sheikh Russel’s elder sister Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina in her book “Amader Choto Russel Sona”. He also added that Sheikh Russell, pure and lively, will be with us forever.
The state minister said that this tragic killing of Sheikh Russel is not only a political murder. If it was a political murder, then the killers brutally killed the innocent child Sheikh Russel that day, asking why he should be taken to his mother. The reason was that by killing Sheikh Russel, they wanted to wipe out Bangabandhu’s political successors forever. That is why we say that this brutal killing of Sheikh Russel has written the biggest black chapter in the path of justice, peace and progress.
Palak said, under the leadership of leader Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh wants to build a non-communal, progressive, safe Bangladesh of Bangabandhu’s dream for the next generation. We all want to immortalize Sheikh Russel by fulfilling the dreams of billions of children and teenagers in Bangladesh. He said today the Prime Minister inaugurated the 5000 Sheikh Russel Digital Computer Lab. He founded Sheikh Russel School of Future. He also said that the killers thought that killing Sheikh Russel might silence the ideology of Bangladesh Bangabandhu and the spirit of the liberation war and the future generation of our children. But they have forgotten that the soldiers of Bangabandhu’s ideals will uphold Bangabandhu’s ideals as long as they live.
The Senior Secretary of the ICT Division Mr. N M Zeaul Alam PAA delivered the welcome address at the seminar. The COO of Shuchona Foundation Dr. Saqui Khandoker and the Director of the Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Centre for Gender and Development Studies (BCGDS) Prof. Dr Tania Haque were present as the speaker at the seminar. The Vice-Chancellor of the National University Md. Mashiur Rahman presented the main article in the seminar. The seminar was moderated by eminent journalist and presenter Mithila Farzana. In the seminar, the theme song created on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day was played along with different audio-visuals.
Earlier in the morning, a joyous procession was organized on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day 2022. The Honorable State Minister for the ICT Division Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP laid a wreath at the portrait of Sheikh Russel Day at Agargaon ICT Tower.
Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina joined as the chief guest of the “Sheikh Russel Day 2022 Inauguration and Sheikh Russel Podok” ceremony through video conferencing.