Tony Blair calls on Speaker

Online Desk

Executive Chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair paid a courtesy call on Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter's office on Saturday.

During the meeting, they discussed the UK's contribution to the Great War of Liberation, the development of democracy in Bangladesh, the ongoing development of Bangladesh, women's empowerment and the steps taken by the Bangladesh government to build a better country.

Referring to Bangladesh as a true friend of the United Kingdom (UK), Tony Blair said that the popular English artist of pop music organized the 'Concert for Bangladesh' on August 1, 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York during the Bangladesh's War of Liberation, which played a historic role in creating world opinion in favour of Bangladesh's War of Liberation, reports BSS.

Bangladesh's graduation into a developing country and the Padma Bridge construction are highly commendable, Blair added.

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