DHAKA, March 23, 2021 (BSS) – Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering
today paid glowing homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman.
Tshering showed his deep respect to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his
portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi road
number 32 around 12.20 pm.
Earlier, on his arrival there, the Bhutanese Prime Minister was received by
Sheikh Rehana, the younger daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam was present.
Later, Tshering visited the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and signed the
visitors’ book.
“On behalf of the people and the Royal Government of Bhutan, I offer my
humble respect and prayers to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for giving
above the manacles of foreign exploitation and blessing the nation onto a
path of unprecedented peace, prosperity and stability,” the Bhutanese premier
wrote in the visitors’ book.
His daughter Sheikh Hasina is now fulfilling Bangabandhu’s vision of ‘Sonar
Bangla’, and with each passing year Bangladesh is becoming more prosperous
and its people are being more happy, he also wrote.
“. . . thank you (Bangabandhu) for being a true leader. Amar Desh, Tomar
Desh . . . B/desh, B/desh (my country, your country . . . Bangladesh,
Bangladesh),” Tshering wrote.
Prior to this, the Bhutanese Prime Minister 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 at about 10.30 am.
Tshering arrived here this morning on a three-day official visit to join
the celebrations of the golden jubilee of 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.