According to a press statement, the embassy organized programs including discussion program on the significance of the day, special prayer and a cultural program with participation from Bangladeshi and Nepali artists at the Nepal Army Club on Wednesday.[break]
While Vice-president Paramananda Jha had attended the cultural program as the chief guest. Bangladesh celebrates April 17 as the Mujibnagar Day -- the day Mujibnagar government in exile was formed in 1971 by the leaders of the Awami League, who were leading the liberation war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan.
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