India, April 19 -- M. Humayun Kabir, President of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), on Friday said the business relationship between India and Bangladesh should be based on merit and strength.

He made the remark when Dhaka was observing the Foreign Service Day.

"Well, that was a fiery time. We were all in the field just to gear up for our long liberation struggle. At that time, I recall on the 18th of April 1971, Hossain Ali raised the Bangladeshi flag and declared that the deputy high commission is Bangladesh's property. It represents Bangladesh. That really was a great energiser for all of us," Kabir, who is a former Bangladesh envoy, told ANI.

"We set up the Mujibnagar government on the 17th of April, and the Indian governm...