Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr
Lotay Tshering today paid rich tributes to the memory of martyred freedom
fighters by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts
of the capital.
Earlier, the Bhutanese Prime Minister reached the National
Memorial at about 10.30 am.
On his arrival there, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM
Mozammel Haque, State Minister for Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed and
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army
Major General Shaheenul Haque, Superintendent of Police, Dhaka Md Maruf Hossain
Sarder and civil and military high officials welcomed Tshering.
A smartly turned-out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army,
Navy and Air Force gave him a guard of honour while the bugles played the last
post. Tshering also signed the visitors’ book at the memorial.
“It is an honour for me to pay tribute to the brave sons of
Bangladesh who sacrificed their lives for the country during the Liberation
War. May their sacrifices remain etched in the annals of Bangladesh’s history,”
the Bhutanese premier wrote in the visitors’ book.
He also planted a fruit sapling of ‘Latkan’ (Baccaurea
sapida) on the memorial premises.
Prior to this, the Bhutanese Prime Minister arrived here
this morning on a three-day official visit to join the celebrations of the
golden jubilee of the country’s independence and the birth centenary of Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received her Bhutanese counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) by presenting a flower bouquet, while a 21 gun salute heralded the state guest’s arrival.
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