Call to unite nation against militancy, terrorism
RANGPUR: Leaders of the Combined Writers Community (CWC), poets, literary and cultural personalities here yesterday called upon all to be united against militancy, terrorism and anarchy.
They asked the pro-liberation forces and common people to launch a vigorous social movement for resisting militancy, terrorism, extremism, secret and targeted killings in the country.
They put special importance to further enriching Bengali culture and reviving social values through strengthening literary and cultural movement in building a peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh.
They expressed the views in a human chain and anti-militancy poem recitation programme organised by Combined Writers Community on the Town Hall premises in the city.
With President of literary organisation Uttaron AKM Shahidur Rahman Bishu in the chair, writers, poets, literary and socio-cultural personalities, intellectuals, dramatists, educationists, politicians and professionals took part in the programme.
President of Divisional Lekhok Parisahd Kazi Md Joonnun, General Secretary (GS) of Rangpur unit of Jatiya Kobita Parisahd Manjil Murad Lablu, President of Rangapur Shahittya Parishad Professor Mozammel Haque and President of Rangpur Shahityya-Sangskritik Parisahd Professor Shah Alam, addressed among others.
The speakers strongly condemned the recent militant attacks and killings of foreigners and local citizens at Gulshan in Dhaka and Sholakia in Kishoreganj, terrorism, militancy, extremism and secret targeted killings in the country.
Narrating the devil designs of the vested quarters to destabilise the country, they urged the common people to become united like that in 1971 for resisting terrorism, militancy, killings, anarchy and brutality in the name of Islam.
In his concluding speech, AKM Shahidur Rahman Bishu urged the writers, poets, pro-liberation forces, intellectuals and common people to forge a rock-solid unity against terrorism, militancy and killings to ensure peace and national development.
