BANGLADESH NEWS
The government will confer 'Friends of Bangladesh Award' on a retired Indian army officer for his outstanding contributions in the 1971 Liberation War.
Colonel (retd) Ashok Tara will be given the award as he rescued Begum Fajilatunnesa Mujib, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana and her brother Sheikh Rasel who were confined to their house at Dhanmondi on December 17, a day after the country’s liberation.
A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took the decision on Monday, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan briefed reporters after the meeting.
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