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Hasina links literature, music to healthy spirit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the effect literature and sport can have in creating healthy citizens both in body and mind.
Published : 14 March 2014, 07:54 PM
Updated : 14 March 2014, 07:54 PM
“Healthy citizen spirit will grow by reading literature and taking part in sport,” she said at a ceremony in Dhaka on Friday.
She received cheques as contributions to a fund for meeting part expenses of hosting the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 and Lakho Konthe Sonar Bangla.
The Lakho Konthe Sonar Bangla is an Independence Day event in which at least 300,000 people are expected to sing the national anthem in chorus, setting a world record.
Eight telecommunications and 23 power-producing companies, 24 corporate institutions, 10 state-owned banks and insurance companies and 28 private banks gave money to fund the two events at Bangabhaban.
Thanking the institutions for their financial help, the Prime Minister said, “We do not want to beg from others. We want to be self-reliant.”
“For this, government and private institutions have to work together.”
She urged people to sing the national anthem in chorus at the National Parade Ground on Mar 26, creating a new record.
The initiative will inspire future generations to be imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation, she said. “Every citizen should know the national anthem and sing it.”
The national anthem will also be sung in all educational institutions as well as those in Dhaka City, she said.
About the Twenty20 event, she said, “T20 has added a new dimension to cricket. We specially stress on cricket.”
She urged all to take part in sport and music, saying, “Sports contribute to children’s physical and mental growth.”
Hasina said different quarters had written to the International Cricket Council against Bangladesh hosting the T20 world event.
“Many plotted to ensure that no country sent their team, denying Bangladesh the honour of hosting the event, but the ICC ignored them.”
The fifth World T20, starting on Sunday with 16 countries taking part, will end on Apr 6. Besides Dhaka, matches will be held in Chittagong and Sylhet.
Prime Minister Hasina had inaugurated the tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday night.
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