President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have conveyed their heartfelt felicitations and warmest greetings on the 95th birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II today. In separate messages today, they wished her good health, happiness, and long life, and the continued peace, progress and prosperity to the friendly people of the UK, according to a statement of
Subcontinent can learn from Bangabandhu s idea of secularism: Amartya Sen
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The best way to honour Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is building an egalitarian and secular Bangladesh where all will have equal access to opportunities, and religion will not be used for political purposes, two leading economists said yesterday.
Nobel Laurate Prof Amartya Sen said the idea of secularism that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held is that people will have freedom of practising religions, but its political use will be prevented which is quite different from the western concept of secularism that speaks against religion.