Hasina, also the AL president, said Bangladesh earned independence in exchange for blood of millions of martyrs.
A delegation of 20 Indian students belonging to the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was also present among the audience at the Parade Ground here along with DG NCC Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra.
Bangladesh PM raises concern over NRC roll-out in meeting with PM
An hour-long programme has also been planned in the evening in which sportspersons like Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom will be felicitated
This is her first visit to India since parliamentary elections were held in Bangladesh and India
Hasina said Bangladesh continued to champion regional cooperation with groupings such as BIMSTEC, BBIM, BCIM and SAARC
Hasina's pragmatic policies has delivered an economic boom in Bangladesh; on the cusp of a record fourth term, she must now develop the institutions of democracy
Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina should think of this five-year term as her last
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party of jailed ex-premier Khaleda Zia won just three seats
One BNP activist was killed in Chattogram, while an Awami League supporter died in Rajshahi
In a general election due next month, Hasina's ruling Awami League will be fighting to retain power against a new alliance led by Kamal Hossain
The attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 targeted Hasina, who was the opposition leader at that time . Hasina survived the attack with a partial hearing loss
In August, 10 people were sentenced to death in one of the Hasina assassination bid cases
India will enter into an inter-governmental agreement with Bangladesh on civil nuclear energy
She blamed the BNP for giving indulgence to war criminals as the root cause of emergence of terrorists and militants in the country
Hasina said B'desh adheres to the One-China policy and supports Beijing on issues related to its national interests
Hasina made the request to US Secretary of State John Kerry when he called on her at her office
Though Hasina narrowly escaped the attack, she lost her hearing ability
The Bangladesh PM inaugurated check post through a video conference that was also joined by Mamata Banerjee
Tarishi, a student of University of California in Berkeley, was in Dhaka on vacation