UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh mission in Kathmandu, Nepal celebrated the ‘Victory Day’ through daylong programmes with due respect and festivity.
The day’s programme began with hoisting of the national flag at the Chancery by State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam in the morning, said a Foreign Ministry media release on Wednesday.
This was followed by reading out of the Victory Day messages of President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali.
A ‘Doa Mahfil’ was arranged where all present prayed for the eternal peace of the souls of the martyrs and all the lives we lost during the war of independence in 1971.
The morning’s programme was attended by Ambassador, Mission and SAARC secretariat officials, staff members and the expatriate Bangladesh community living in Kathmandu.
In the evening, the Mission organised a cultural programme in Nach Ghar Auditorium which was attended by Ministers, Members of Parliament, Political Leaders of different parties, Diplomats, Government Officials, officials of the Mission and SAARC secretariat, expatriate Bangladeshis, members of the Nepalese civil society and the media.
