Edward M Kennedy Jr was emotional, feeling the presence of his father when he touched the banyan tree that the then US senator Edward M Kennedy planted on Dhaka University campus 50 years ago, as a symbol of freedom and democracy.
Kennedy family feels special kinship with the people of Bangladesh and will always support the democracy and prosperity of this country, said Edward M Kennedy Jr, son of late US Senator Edward M Kennedy, who supported Bangladesh’s Liberation War as opposed to the Nixon administration.
Amid academics, students and civil society members, he also recalled the memories of his father, who told stories of Bangladesh's struggle for independence and the bloodshed it witnessed, not only to his family members but also the world