Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh always believes in peaceful coexistence with all neighbours, but it is also ever ready to protect its sovereignty from any aggressive attack.

"Our foreign policy drives with the Father of the Nation's key policy 'friendship to all, malice to none'. Although Bangladesh believes in peaceful coexistence with all the neighbouring countries, we're ever ready for and strongly committed to protecting the country's sovereignty from any aggressive attack," she said on Saturday.

The prime minister came up with the statement in her televised address on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2020. Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and other private television channels and radios...