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Bangabandhu – The People’s Protagonist-61 ‘Friendship to all, malice to none’ Dr. Atiur Rahman 25th May, 2021 01:42:43 ‘Friendship to all, malice to none’ was the core mantra of Bangabandhu’s foreign policy. This principled stand on foreign relations originated in the early phase of his political career. He was opposed to Pakistan taking an explicit foreign policy in favour of pro-US defence pacts when he was still a young leader during the mid-1950s. Reacting to Pakistan signing a couple of such treaties in 1954, Bangabandhu wrote, “The newly created state of Pakistan should ...