South Asia
Bangladesh-India Friendship Bangladesh-India friendship is written in blood: Information Minister
Agartala, India, February 24: Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said that the friendship between the people of Bangladesh and India is written in blood.
Bangladesh will never forget India's historic contribution to the great war of liberation and freedom struggle and it is written in golden letters on the pages of history. He noted that relations between the two countries are now at a unique height, led by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
Information Minister said these at the inaugural function of 'Second Bangladesh Film Festival' in Agartala in northeast Indian state of Tripura on Wednesday (February 23) morning.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb addressed the programme as the chief guest at a function organized by Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala on the initiative of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Special guests on the occasion were Tripura Minister for Information and Culture Sushant Chowdhury, Bangladesh MP Mamtaz Begum, MP Saimum Sarwar Kamal, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Md. Maqbool Hossain, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi Md. Nurul Islam and Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala's Assistant High Commissioner Arif Mohammad.
Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said that one crore people of Bangladesh had taken refuge in India during the war of liberation and the then Indian government had carried out diplomatic activities in different countries of the world to get Bangabandhu released after the execution order of Pakistan government. We will never forget this contribution of India. The people of Tripura opened both their state and the door of their minds during the liberation war in 1971 and sheltered millions of refugees from Bangladesh, which they did not consider burdensome.
Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Dev said, "Under the leadership of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the enemies of the two countries will never succeed. I was born in 1971. That is why my birth has a historical connection with the birth of Bangladesh. My first foreign trip as Chief Minister was to Bangladesh."
After the discussion, the documentary "Hasina: A Daughter's Tale" based on the life of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh was screened and artists from Bangladesh performed cultural programmes.
