Take Bangladesh ahead

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday called upon the new generation to shoulder the responsibility of taking the country ahead, which is the spirit of the Liberation War.“You will build a new and modern Bangladesh. We are looking up to you,” he told a reception organised by Green University in the capital’s Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium for 7,000 GPA 5 achievers in this year’s HSC exam.Nahid advised the youth to nurture honesty, values and the sense of respect towards others to become self-sufficient persons.The political turmoil was responsible for the overall poor performance in this year’s HSC exam but “you achieved great results”, he said.Former adviser to a caretaker government Rasheda K Choudhury said, “You are lucky that you could come to the ceremony. But do not forget persons who could not.”
She advised the attendees to join hands with those who were lagging behind in efforts to build the nation, to be respectful towards females and to say no to drug abuse and acid attacks.Prof M Kaykobad of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology hoped that the students would be able to turn human resource, which was the country’s potential wealth, into assets through their merit and by acquiring skills.Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, advised the students to give priority on four matters — the country, love for the country, education and building up of oneself, which was a prerequisite to build up one’s future.No one’s future is settled until the country is developed, for which affection for the motherland is essential, he said.He said development was not possible without education, knowledge and creativity. “Now-a-days the resourcefulness of a country measures on the magnitude of the countrymen’s knowledge and skill.”Following a lottery among those who achieved GPA 5 in all subjects, 10 were awarded medals while colleges with the highest number of outstanding results were presented crests.Green University Board of Trustees Chairman Mohammed Abdullah Al Mamun and Vice-Chancellor Prof Golam Samdani Fakir also addressed the programme.