A visual odyssey of the US-Bangladesh relationship over the last 50 years

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04 June, 2023, 01:45 pm
Last modified: 04 June, 2023, 01:56 pm
Louis Kahn (second from left) works on a model of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (National Parliament House) at Dhaka in 1961.

In a momentous celebration of the enduring bilateral relations between the United States and Bangladesh, US Ambassador Peter Haas and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam inaugurated a special photo exhibition on 30 May titled "Roots of Friendship: 50 Years of US-Bangladesh Relations." 

During his two-day visit to Bangladesh, Senator Edward Kennedy makes a speech at University of Dhaka in 1972.

The exhibition, held at the Edward M Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts (EMK Center), serves as a reflection on over five decades of profound connections and people-to-people ties between the two nations.

The original cast film Season 1 of Sisimpur at Dhaka in 2004.

Spanning over an extended period of time, this exhibition comprises 50 historic photographs.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’s first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aircraft lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, 2018.

Visitors can experience this remarkable exhibition at the EMK Center until 14 June 2023. Today TBS features a few photographs from the show. 

Tom Two Arrows, an indigenous artist and lecturer, showcases Onondaga tribal traditions through music and dance at Dhaka University in 1950.
Bangabandhu Satellite-1 launches from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 2018.

 

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