The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday called for taking a vow to repose the responsibility of running the country upon honest and competent leadership.

"It's time to turn around. Let's promise to build a corruption-free Bangladesh - Let's root out terrorism for ever," he said.

Gen. Moeen was addressing as special guest the concluding ceremony of the 50-day-long Road Show dubbed 'Esho Bangaldesh Gori' at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city.

The army chief also called upon patriotic people to join en masse in nation-building activities. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed formally declared the conclusion of the Road Show that traversed the length and breadth of the country.

Praising 'Esho Bangladesh Gori', the army chief said people not only welcomed the caravan, but also spontaneously took part in it.

"Thus it proves that people want a corruption-free Bangladesh. They want to get rid of terrorism and they want honest and dignified leadership," Gen. Moeen said.

He said people of Bangladesh have fought in the past and they know how to move forward against adverse situation.

The Road Show would be completely successful when its theme of building the nation will be materialized, Moeen observed.

The march carried slogans like building a corruption-free and terrorism-free Bangladesh, establishing honest and competent leadership at all levels, saying no to drugs, increasing food production and removing unemployment.