Bangladesh High Commission in London organised a high-profile Victory Day celebration programme on December 16, where participants including eminent British parliamentarians, ambassadors, senior officials of UK Foreign Office and recipients of Friends of Liberation War honour paid their profound homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and expressed solidarity with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's commitment to uphold Bangabandhu's secular, progressive and pluralistic values in sustaining Bangladesh's growth and prosperity.

Deep homage was also paid to the martyrs, Biranganas (war heroines) and the valiant freedom fighters of 1971 Liberation War.

High Commissioner Saida Muna Tasneem in her opening remarks said, "Bangabandhu and the martyrs of 1971 made supreme sacrifices to gift our generation a sovereign People's Republic of Bangladesh free from religious exploitations of an Islamic Republic of Pakistan."

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