Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina confers ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour on Edward M Kennedy: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina posthumously conferred the honorary ‘Friend of Liberation War’ award on former US Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Dhaka for his contribution to the liberation of Bangladesh.
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Why this honour is given to Edward M Kennedy?
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recalled the great contribution of Edward Kennedy Senior with gratitude. She said Kennedy senior took a courageous stand against the genocide of innocent Bengali people by Pakistan despite the US government’s role during the 1971 liberation war.
- Recalling the strong opposition mounted by Kennedy Senior against the US government policy of supplying arms to Pakistan, Prime Minister Hasina said that Kennedy worked hard to stop US military and economic aid to Pakistan till the end of the war. She recalled that Kennedy visited the refugee camps in West Bengal where a large number of people from the then East Pakistan had fled to escape from Pakistan army brutality.
- • Earlier, Kennedy Jr., accompanied by his family, met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence in Dhaka on Sunday. Ted Kennedy Junior, is a former member of the Connecticut State Senate, USA. He is currently on a seven-day visit to Bangladesh to join the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-Bangladesh relations.