Dhaka University Alumni in the UK celebrate Independence and National Day

Dhaka University Alumni in the UK (DUAUK), an organization of former students of Dhaka University residing in the UK, celebrated the 56th Independence and National Day of Bangladesh with due dignity, respect and patriotism. 

The event was held at a hall in East London on Saturday.

The event was presided over by the organization's president Sirajul Basit Chowdhury and moderated by the organization's general secretary Barrister Mohammad Kamrul Hasan. Treasurer Syed Jafar was in charge of the event. 

At the beginning of the program, the speakers paid deep tribute to the martyrs of the historic Liberation War of 1971 and remembered the victims of the genocide committed by the Pakistani army on the night of March 25, 1971 through the barbaric military operation "Operation Searchlight". The speakers paid deep tribute to the millions of martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the nine-month-long struggle of the Liberation War.

The program was officially inaugurated by the general secretary of the organization. Later, the patriotic song 'Dhan Dhanye Pushpa Bhara Ameer Ae Bashundhara' was performed in a gathering with the participation of all the members under the direction of Cultural Secretary Arena Siddique Suprabha.

Then, President Sirajul Basit Chowdhury delivered a speech. In his speech, the President remembered all the respected leaders who contributed to the organization of the great Liberation War and highlighted their contributions.

Vice President and Program Coordinator Nilufa Yasmin Hasan, in her speech, detailed the active participation of Dhaka University students in all the movements and struggles of the great Liberation War and the massacre of teachers, students and employees by the Pakistani ruling class, especially the killing of intellectuals by the Razakars, Al-Badr, and Al-Shams across the country on December 14, two days before the victory of Bangladesh, when many teachers of Dhaka University were killed.

The main speaker of the program was the renowned writer and Bangla Academy Award-winning professor of the University of Sussex, Dr. Shahaduzzaman. He spoke about the historical, cultural and moral importance of the Liberation War of Bangladesh and said, "Bangladesh has a golden history, a glorious history." He said, "We who believe that the Liberation War is part of the essence of Bangladesh's existence, it is also our responsibility to guard that Liberation War."