Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands, M Riaz Hamidullah, has made Bangladesh's statement before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the request by the United Nations General Assembly for an Advisory Opinion on the question of the "legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem."

In the oral hearing on Tuesday, the Ambassador of Bangladesh mentioned that Bangladesh fought for 23 long years to gain her independence and finally achieved it through a bloody war in 1971, during which three million people had to sacrifice their lives.

In the early days of independent Bangladesh, our Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Shei...