Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Wednesday paid glowing homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The visiting Maldivian President showed his respect to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his portrait on the premises of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi road number 32 at 10:25am.
He also visited the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum and signed its visiting book.
“It is my great honour to visit this Museum paying tribute to the life and accomplishments of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, whose lifelong struggle paved the way for Bangladesh to reach her destiny as an independent nation,” Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wrote in the visiting book.
He mentioned that Bangabandhu would always be fondly remembered as an icon of democracy and self-determination, and his legacy would endure for many generations to come.
“I pray to Allah (SWT) to grant mercy on his soul and grant him the highest ranks of Jannal-ul-Firdous,” the Maldives President wrote.
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Earlier, on his arrival at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Maldives President Solih was received by Sheikh Rehana, the younger daughter of Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam and museum trustee NI Khan were present.
Tributes to national heroes in Savar
Earlier on the day, he also paid rich tributes to the memory of martyrs’ freedom fighters at National Memorial in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka.
He paid homage by placing a wreath at the Memorial.
The Maldivian president reached the National Memorial at about 9:45am.
Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih paying rich to the martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh by placing wreath at the National Memorial in Savar on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 PID
On his arrival there, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman and State Minister for Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed welcomed him.
A smartly turned-out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force gave him a guard of honour while the bugles played the last post.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih also signed the visiting book at the Savar memorial.
“I am humbled by this opportunity to pay my respects at the National Martyr’s Memorial, commemorating the heroism and sacrifice of those who gave their lives to win Bangladesh her independence. May their courage and patriotism never be forgotten. I pray that Almighty Allah grants them entrance to the highest level of Jannat-ul -Firdous,” the president wrote in the visiting book.
He also planted a sapling of “bokul” (Mimusops elengi) on the memorial premises.
Prior to this, the Maldives president arrived here this morning on a three-day official visit to join the celebrations of the golden jubilee of country’s independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
President M Abdul Hamid and his wife Rashida Khanam received the Maldivian president at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport (HISA).