Dhaka, March 29 -- The main goal of independence was to establish a non-communal Bangladesh to be freed from hunger and poverty, President Mohammed Shahabuddin said on Thursday.

But the anti-independence group obstructed the achievement of that goal by assassinating Bangabandhu and his family in 1975.

The president made the remarks while a delegation led by president of Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Shahriar Kabir paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Thursday.

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The head of the state also called upon all pro-Liberation War forces, irrespective of party affiliations, to work together to spread the spirit of liberation war and communal harmony at the grassroots.

The President also em...