A seminar on 鈥楽heikh Hasina鈥檚 44th Homecoming Day鈥� was held in Dhaka Thursday afternoon.
Bangladesh Progressive Columnist Forum organised the seminar at National Press Club in the city.
Presided over by Progressive Columnist Forum president and also former Jagannath University vice-chancellor, Professor M Mizanur Rahman, the seminar was addressed by textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanok as the chief guest, said a press release.
Islamic University鈥檚 former vice-chancellor and also Progressive Columnist Forum鈥檚 vice-president, Professor Dr Rashid Askari, delivered speech as the welcome speaker.
Progressive Columnist Forum general secretary and also JnU Bangla department chairman, Professor Milton Biswas, spoke the event as the key-note speaker while National University vice-chancellor Professor M Mashiur Rahman, Barishal University vice-chancellor Professor M Badruzzaman Bhuiyan and Dainik Bangla and News 24 executive director Afizur Rahman spoke as special guests.
Addressing the programme, Dr Rashid Askari said, 鈥楽heikh Hasina鈥檚 homecoming was not only the return of a person but also the return of the spirit of the liberation war. She is a great visionary leader and transformed Bangladesh from the 鈥渂asket case鈥� to smart country,鈥� he added.
Around two hundred participants took part in the seminar, the release said.
