Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her 75th birthday. "Warmest good wishes on your 75th birthday! Wish you many more years of health and success in service to the people of Bangladesh," reads the message shared by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. Read: Bangladesh celebrates Hasina’s 75th birthday The Chinese Embassy in Dhaka also greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "Our warmest wishes to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her birthday! Wishing her a long and prosperous life with continued success in taking Bangladesh to great heights!," said the Embassy in a message shared on its verified page. Read: Hasina’s birthday celebrated amid mass vaccination campaign Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday was celebrated on Tuesday.

Bangladesh launched yet another nationwide mass vaccination drive on Tuesday, aiming to inoculate 75 lakh people in a day to mark Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday. "In the first two hours, women above 50 years and disabled people will get the jabs on priority basis," Health Minister Zahid Maleque told reporters on Sunday. The Covid jabs will be administered from 9am at 6,000 vaccine centres across the country, he said in the morning. Those who had earlier registered for getting the vaccine but did not get it timely will also be given priority during this campaign, the minister said. In Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) area, the special vaccination drive began around 2.30 pm, said Mohamamd Azam, Chief Executive Officer of Zone-2. "But the regular process to administer the jabs has been underway since morning." Read: PM Hasina’s 75th birthday to be celebrated Tuesday