Dhaka: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today envisioned a new Bangladesh free from fear where its people will live with communal harmony. ‘We are talking about communal harmony. We all agree that we have harmony. I want to add one thing to the harmony – that is fear. Along with harmony, we have fear in our minds too,’ he said while delivering his concluding remarks with religious leaders of Bangladesh at Foreign Service Academy.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Prof Yunus suggested that all citizens should be free from anger and fear first and move forward building a tolerant Bangladesh, without changing its structure, where there will be no accidents or, once any accident happens, it could be addressed. ‘Once we can build such a country, it will be a successful one. We are waiting for this. Allah has given us the opportunity to imagine such a state and advance to it. I am seeking your cooperation to this end…and it is possible,’ he added.
The chief adviser emphasized that the people of Bang
ladesh are living in peace but any incident may make people angry, which should be mitigated. ‘It should be mitigated…we must mitigate our anger so that it does not become the reason for another incident,’ he further stated.
Prof Yunus also noted that the country’s people had ousted a political force but they were not sitting idle; instead, they were creating instigations from home and abroad. He urged everyone not to respond to these provocations, as the ousted force is creating provocation in such a way that it does not seem an instigation.
He mentioned that instigation is also being created due to external reasons and stressed the need for the country’s people to learn how to address their provocations so that they do not become victims. Prof Yunus concluded by highlighting that Bangladesh is being targeted time and again due to instigation, stressing the need for addressing it at the state level, not individually.