The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has decided to rename Sugandha Point of Cox`s Bazar Seabeach as "Bangabandhu Beach" and the area between Sugandha and Kolatoli points to "Bir Muktijoddha Beach".
Assistant Secretary of the ministry Md. Shaheb Uddin informed about the development in a letter yesterday.
The letter from the ministry to the deputy commissioner of Cox`s Bazar requests to required actions be taken to rename the two beaches.
Following an application by Md. Solaiman Miah, head of the central council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sontan Sangsad, the decision to rename the two beaches was taken at the 13th meeting of the Standing Committee on Liberation War Affairs of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad.
Vice-Chairman of the central council of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sontan Sangsad, Apple Mahmud, who is also the additional DIG of Tourist Police Cox`s Bazar Region, said, "Both domestic and foreign tourists are familiar with Cox`s Bazar beach. We appealed to the government to rename these two beaches in honour of the nation`s father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and its bravest sons, the freedom fighters. We are happy and grateful with the renaming decision."
