Citing that war does not bring the wellbeing of mankind, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the global leaders to spend the money needed to carry out a war for the development of the world, stopping the war and arms race.<\/p>\n
The prime minister made the call while addressing a programme marking the Sheikh Russel Day-2023 and distribution of Sheikh Russel Padak-2023 and Smart Bangladesh Padak-2023 coinciding with 60th birthday of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Russel Jatiyo Shishu Kishore Parishad and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division jointly organized the programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) here on Wednesday (October 18).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw killing of people and children by bombing on a hospital (in Gaza by Israel) and blood-stained faces of the children yesterday. I am urging the world leaders to stop the war and arms race,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said the war and arms race never brought welfare for the mankind except destruction and the women and children are the worst sufferers of the conflicts.<\/p>\n
She urged the world leaders to spend the money, used in producing arms, for food, health and development of the children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want peace as it gives prosperity while the war brings destruction. So, we don\u2019t want war rather peace. We always work for establishing the peace,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She also said the world witnessed beginning of Russia-Ukraine war last year and now sees the Israeli attack on Palestine.<\/p>\n
People and children are being killed both in the Palestine and Israel, the premier said.<\/p>\n
In such way, she said the children are becoming orphans losing their parents and the parents are losing their children in the war.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know their pain as we two sisters had become orphans in 1975,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said they had seen the dreadfulness of the war for themselves during the War of Liberation in 1971.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had seen by my own eyes the bodies lying down at different parts of Dhaka city,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said she and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana were in forced exile abroad six years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpending time as refugee, without knowing when we could return to our country, was the most painful. So, we don\u2019t want war rather peace\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
At the programme, the prime minister unveiled the cover of a book titled \u201cSwaroner Aborone Sheikh Russel\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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