New Delhi, March 25 -- Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has advocated reinstating the core tenets of the Liberation War, "equality, human dignity, and social justice", as the country commemorated Genocide Day on Wednesday.

In a statement posted on the social media platform X, Rahman said that 25 March 1971 is observed as Genocide Day. On this occasion, "I pay my deepest respect to all the martyrs."

Rahman also stated that Pakistani occupation forces carried out "one of the most heinous genocides" in history against the unarmed people of Bangladesh.

"In the history of freedom-loving Bangladesh, 25 March 1971 remains one of the most disgraceful and brutal days. On that dark night, the Pakistani occupation forces carried out one o...