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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged everyone to take lessons from her mother Fazilatunnessa Mujib's life.
She said people had much to learn from her mother's sacrificing attitude, sense of responsibility and political wisdom.
"You can learn a lot of things from the sacrifices my mother had made and her sense of responsibility towards people. She used to lead a simple life," Hasina told a discussion marking the 82nd birth anniversary of Fazilatunnessa, the wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Jatiya Mohila Sangstha organised the discussion at the Osmani Memorial Hall on Wednesday.
Hasina said she had learnt all her political skills from her mother and the struggle of her father Bangabandhu.
"My mother used to ask us to look at those who were not as well off we were. 'Only then you will realise how well placed you are', she would say," the Prime Minster said.
She said 'Independent Bangladesh' was the only wish of her mother and added, "My mother never visited Pakistan in her life."
Reminiscing her mother, Hasina said: "She (her mother) came to me as mother, but I also saw her as a lady with political wisdom, someone ready to make big sacrifices and as a lady with great dedication."
Hasina said her mother seldom went out of house, but never hesitated to go to the centres set up for sheltering women tortured by the occupation forces during the 1971 Liberation War.
Hasina said her mother always stood behind Bangabandhu during his long political career.
"Although the then Awami League policymakers had suggested my father to go to Pakistan to hold discussion with the rulers, he did not go there following my mother's suggestion," she said.
Later, a documentary on Fazilatunnessa was shown at the programme. The documentary apparently left Hasina emotional.
Celebrated writer Syed Shamsul Haque, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry Meher Afroz Chumki, among others, spoke at the programme.
Fazilatunnessa was born on Aug 8, 1930 to Sheikh Zahurul Huq and Hosne Ara Begum in remote Tungipara village in Gopalganj district.
She along with other family members was assassinated by a group of disgruntled army officers on Aug 15, 1975.
She said people had much to learn from her mother's sacrificing attitude, sense of responsibility and political wisdom.
"You can learn a lot of things from the sacrifices my mother had made and her sense of responsibility towards people. She used to lead a simple life," Hasina told a discussion marking the 82nd birth anniversary of Fazilatunnessa, the wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The Jatiya Mohila Sangstha organised the discussion at the Osmani Memorial Hall on Wednesday.
Hasina said she had learnt all her political skills from her mother and the struggle of her father Bangabandhu.
"My mother used to ask us to look at those who were not as well off we were. 'Only then you will realise how well placed you are', she would say," the Prime Minster said.
She said 'Independent Bangladesh' was the only wish of her mother and added, "My mother never visited Pakistan in her life."
Reminiscing her mother, Hasina said: "She (her mother) came to me as mother, but I also saw her as a lady with political wisdom, someone ready to make big sacrifices and as a lady with great dedication."
Hasina said her mother seldom went out of house, but never hesitated to go to the centres set up for sheltering women tortured by the occupation forces during the 1971 Liberation War.
Hasina said her mother always stood behind Bangabandhu during his long political career.
"Although the then Awami League policymakers had suggested my father to go to Pakistan to hold discussion with the rulers, he did not go there following my mother's suggestion," she said.
Later, a documentary on Fazilatunnessa was shown at the programme. The documentary apparently left Hasina emotional.
Celebrated writer Syed Shamsul Haque, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children Affairs Ministry Meher Afroz Chumki, among others, spoke at the programme.
Fazilatunnessa was born on Aug 8, 1930 to Sheikh Zahurul Huq and Hosne Ara Begum in remote Tungipara village in Gopalganj district.
She along with other family members was assassinated by a group of disgruntled army officers on Aug 15, 1975.
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