Dhaka, April 21 -- President of Bangabandhu Parishad Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique on Friday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a messenger of freedom of Bangali nation as the country had achieved independence under his leadership.

"We are living in a free homeland to the cause Bangabandhu, architect of the independence," he told a discussion of Bangabandhu Parishad on 'Mujibnagar government and our Liberation War' at Abdus Salam Hall of National Press Club here.

Arefin Siddique said Bangabandhu had struggled in his whole life to free the Bangali nation from exploitation. Jatiya four leaders and Bangalis, led by Bangabandhu, fought for the country's independence and their sacrifice should be remembered, he said. ...