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The countrys first Bangladesh War Memorial with an open-air water-screen is ready and will be inaugurated today, (December 16) marking the neighbouring countrys 50th Bijoy Dibosh (Victory Day) culminating in Liberation War in 1971.

A majority of Indians believe that the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh and better prospects in India are the key reasons for the dwindling Hindu population in Bangladesh since its Independence in 1971, as per an IANS-CVoter Snap Poll.

As Bangladesh marked 50 years of the Liberation War, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday underscored the importance of friendship with the neighbouring country and said India has always attached the highest priority to its friendship with Bangladesh.

Bangladesh on Tuesday observed the Martyred Intellectuals Day in a befitting manner.

The US realpolitik has taken a 180-degree turn between 1971 and now, but Washington continues to pay a heavy price for the decision that drove it to virtually condoning the genocide in Bangladesh by Pakistani troops.

The Bangladesh government keenly wants to protect the graveyards, training camps of Mukti Bahinis (freedom fighters) and other commemorative houses and installations of Tripura, where around 15 lakh Bangladeshi refugees -- a number almost equal the states then population of around 16 lakh -- also took shelter during the nine-month long 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have been jointly organising a series of events to mark the 50th Year of Independence of Bangladesh and to showcase BSFs contribution in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Bangladesh is planning to step up its campaign to administer booster shots against Covid-19 following the discovery of confirmed cases of the Omicron variant.

At least five people were killed on Tuesday after a fire ripped through a factory in Bangladeshs Bogura district, some 197 km northwest of Dhaka.

Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has criticised the US sanctions imposed on officials of the countrys elite police force over rights abuse, saying the move was unfortunate and not fact-based.