Bidya Devi Bhandari, the President of Nepal, will be in Dhaka on a two-day visit from 22 March, while Bhutanese Prime Minister (Bhutan PM) Lotay Tshering will be in the country from 24 March to 25 March.
At the celebrations to mark Bangladesh’s 50-year independence from Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) and the governments of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives later this month. Many world leaders will participate, including the chiefs of. After the liberation struggle of Bangladesh in 1971, various celebrations are to be organized from March 17 to 27 on the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence from Pakistan.
The 50th anniversary of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be celebrated simultaneously. Bangladesh government’s Chief Information Officer Surath Kumar Sarkar told the news agency Bhasha that Prime Minister Modi and the heads of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives will be among the distinguished foreign guests attending different programs.
Visit of top leaders from Maldives to Bhutan
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih will be the first top foreign dignitary to come on a three-day visit on 17 March. Then there is Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who will come to Dhaka on 19 March on a two-day tour. Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari will be in Dhaka on a two-day visit from 22 March, while Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering will be in the country from 24 March to 25 March.
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PM Modi’s two-day visit
At the same time, Prime Minister Modi will come on a two-day visit on 26 March and will attend the main Independence Day celebrations. This occasion will also mark the completion of 50 years of Bangladesh-India diplomatic relations. The government said that foreign dignitaries will also visit the Bangabandhu Museum on the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation.
Bangladesh had planned to organize grand celebrations to mark 50 years of independence and to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu, but due to the Corona virus epidemic, it had to change its plan.