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Modi, Pranab, Sonia likely to attend Sheikh Mujib’s birth centenary celebrations


Published : 06 Dec 2019 09:22 PM | Updated : 03 Sep 2020 09:07 PM

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee and former Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi are expected to visit Dhaka next year to attend Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's birth centenary celebration.

Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen came up with the information while addressing a discussion on India's role in Bangladesh's glorious War of Liberation and Bangladesh-India relations. Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee organised the discussion at Poet Sufia Kamal Auditorium in the city's National Museum on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of India's recognition to Bangladesh. Indian high commissioner Riva Ganguly Das and Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee president Shahriar Kabir, among others, spoke at the function.