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Bangladesh Remembers Edward M. Kennedy
August 29, 2009
Bangladesh Remembers Edward M. Kennedy
Bangladesh remembers U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy who died last week at age 77.
Senator Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, D.C. on 29 August.
In Dhaka, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni signed a condolence book at the U.S. Embassy on Sunday, August 30. In her note she wrote, "You carved out a space in my mind during my childhood when you stood by us in our exercise of the right to self determination as a nation."
Both Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia have offered their condolences to the Kennedy family and the people of the United States. Senator Kennedy was an early and vocal supporter of Bangladeshi independence. He visited refugee camps in West Bengal, India during the 1971 war and became one of the first international leaders to visit Bangladesh after liberation
"A visitor at the American Center Library signs a condolence book in commemoration of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The book will be available at the Archer K. Blood American Center Library at House 110, Road 27, Banani, Dhaka, on Sunday, August 30, 2009 through Wednesday, September 2, 2009 from 09:00 to 15:00 each day." "A visitor at the American Center Library signs a condolence book in commemoration of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The book will be available at the Archer K. Blood American Center Library at House 110, Road 27, Banani, Dhaka, on Sunday, August 30, 2009 through Wednesday, September 2, 2009 from 09:00 to 15:00 each day."
President Barack Obama attended the funeral mass for Senator Edward Kennedy at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, Massachusetts, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009. Read PresidentObama's remarks Eulogy for a Lion.