Overseas Bangladeshis on Wednesday (local time) protested in front of the Pakistan Consulate and at Times Square in New York to mark Intellectual Martyrs Day.
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday attended the 'At Home' reception at Army House in the national capital on the eve of 'Vijay Diwas', commemorating India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Chinese troops of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) clashed with the Indian Army in the eastern area of the two countries' disputed border on December 9.
On the eve of Vijay Diwas, a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation War, Lt Colonel Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir on Thursday termed Pakistan as a genocidal nation.
In the memorandum, BMM writes, "Request the government of Pakistan to offer an unconditional apology to our Prime Minister and leader Sheikh Hasina and to the people of Bangladesh for the brutalities in Bangabandhu killing, 21st grenade attack and the atrocities of 1971 liberation struggle,
The memorandum also demanded Pakistan desist, overtly or covertly, from engaging with those forces that stood against our freedom struggle. It also expects Pakistan to offer an unconditional apology to our Honorable Prime Minister and beloved leader Sheikh Hasina and to the people of Banglad
Earlier, Australian police had arrested Duggan in the rural town of Orange at the request of the US government in October. His extradition request by the United States is likely pending.
Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday repudiated former Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa's diction that the 1971 Bangladesh war debacle was a political defeat and not the defeat of the Pak military.
Indian Army has given "as good as they got" to the Chinese People's Liberation Army during Galwan clash that took place in 2020, said General (Retd) Manoj Mukund Naravane, former Indian Army chief.
General Naravane asked if the Chinese army (People's Liberation Army) has gone down to the level of "prehistoric times" by using "clubs and barbed wires".
His remarks came days after the attempts by People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops to transgress the LAC in Yangtse area of Tawang Sector in Arunachal Pradesh with the Indian Army thwarting the attempt to change the status quo.
This statement came after the Indian Army, in a statement, said that the People's Liberation Army troops contacted the LAC in Tawang Sector which was contested by Indian troops in a firm and resolute manner. This face-off led to minor injuries to a few personnel from both sides.