A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex body of the country's businessmen, paid tributes to the father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Friday by placing floral wreaths and offering prayers.
The delegation led by its President Mahbubul Alam paid the homage at the graveyard of Bangabandhu in Tungipara of Gopalganj on Friday noon, read a media release sent from the FBCCI.
The business leaders observed a silence for a while to pay respect to the memory of the 15 August martyrs including Bangabandhu and his family members and prayed for the salvation of their departed souls.
Newly elected FBCCI President Mahbubul Alam said, "Today we obtained the country because of Bangabandhu. Many of us are owners of banks, big industrialists and proprietors of different organisations."
The newly elected FBCCI president expressed as to how much the nation owes to Bangabandhu for liberating the country.
"Bangladesh is now on the way to a trillion-dollar economy from zero and it was not possible once the country had not been liberated, hence we are grateful to Bangabandhu," he said.
The FBCCI leader said, "Bangabandhu gave us a free territory, her daughter Sheikh Hasina gave economic emancipation and the prime minister has relentlessly been working to realize the coveted Sonar Bangla dreamt by Bangabandhu and exports of conventional and non-conventional products have risen."
The delegation included FBCCI's former President and Chairman of Awami League's Industry and Business Affairs Sub Committee Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, Member Secretary Md Siddiqur Rahman, the trade body's former President Sheikh Fazle Fahim, the incumbent committee's Senior Vice President Md Amin Helaly and Vice President Khairul Huda Chopol among others.
