Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday said the evil forces, which killed Bangabandhu in 1975 along with most of his family members, are hatching conspiracy to foil war crimes trial.
“The same group carried out the grenade attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 21 in 2004 to kill her,” she said urging the countrymen to forge unity to undo all conspiracies.
Sahara Khatun was speaking at a public meeting at Uttara Nawab Habibullah Model School and College ground on the occasion of inaugural of a new branch of Karmasangsthan Bank.
Chairman of the Bank M Muniruzzaman, Managing Director Dr M Nurul Huda and local political leaders spoke on the occasion.
Urging the people to turn shock into strength, the Home Minister said, “The war criminals will be tried with the support of the countrymen.”
Sahara Khatun said the Awami League government in 1998 had established the Karmasangsthan Bank. But, the activities of the bank became slow after the BNP-led four-party alliance assumed power in 2001.
The bank was rejuvenated after the present government came to power and took massive programmes for creating employment opportunity for the youth, she said.
She said the government is relentlessly working to fulfil its election commitment of giving job to at least one member of each family and build a modern technology based nation.
The Home Minister urged the youth to avail the opportunity of self-employment by taking soft loans from the Karmasangsthan Bank which gives loans for 21 employment generating sectors including poultry farm, livestock, sewing, cottage industry, weaving, pottery, block-dying and boutiques.