“Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handled the situation very bravely, cautiously and intelligently during the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka as well as curbed and resisted militant activities in Bangladesh,” he said.
Shringla said this while inaugurating the newly constructed academic building ‘Gandhi Bhavan’ named after Indian independence movement leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the Farakkabad Degree College premises in Sadar upazila.
The four-storey building, the foundation stone of which was laid by Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on October 23, 2017 during her visit to Bangladesh, was constructed at a cost of T 1.08 crore.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the Indian envoy said the new building would obviously inspire other students to study in this college. “The building will vertically spread the light of education among the coming students,” he added.
He also said the relationship between Bangladesh and India is deep and it was deeply planted by Indira Gandhi and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971.
“During the Liberation War in 1971, many Indian soldiers also laid down their lives for the freedom of Bangladesh that made us feel proud,” he said.
“The two rivers -- Padma and Meghna -- also connect us with their beautiful and eternal flows,” Shringla said.
Dr Shamsul Huque Bhuiyan, MP, Deputy Commissioner of the district Md Majedur Rahman Khan, Police Super Jiahdul Kabir, district Awami League President Nasiruddin Ahmed, General Secretary Abu Nayeem Patwary Dulal, Zila Parishad Chairman Osaman Goni Patwary and Cumilla Education Board Chairman Prof Ruhul Amin Mia were, among others, present on the occasion.