BSS, Dhaka :
A reception followed by a cultural programme was held at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Saturday evening marking the 45th Victory Day of Bangladesh’s Great War of Liberation.
Foreign diplomats, senior US state department officials, political leaders, academics, intellectuals, artistes and leading members of the Bangladesh diaspora attended the function, said a release here on Sunday.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA, Mohammad Ziauddin, paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the liberation war.
At the beginning of the program, a one minute silence was observed to show respect to the millions of martyrs of the liberation war.
Ziauddin said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina envisioned Bangladesh as a middle income country by 2021. “Our efforts are greatly supported by our development partners,” he said, adding that the USA is prominent among them.
A reception followed by a cultural programme was held at Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC on Saturday evening marking the 45th Victory Day of Bangladesh’s Great War of Liberation.
Foreign diplomats, senior US state department officials, political leaders, academics, intellectuals, artistes and leading members of the Bangladesh diaspora attended the function, said a release here on Sunday.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA, Mohammad Ziauddin, paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the liberation war.
At the beginning of the program, a one minute silence was observed to show respect to the millions of martyrs of the liberation war.
Ziauddin said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina envisioned Bangladesh as a middle income country by 2021. “Our efforts are greatly supported by our development partners,” he said, adding that the USA is prominent among them.
