<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Bangladesh Film Archive under the Information Ministry and Getty Images, a visual media company of the United States, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collect and preserve footages on the Liberation War and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The MoU was signed on Friday at the Getty Images office in New York, said a media release of the ministry on Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr Md Mofakkharul Iqbal, director of the project on “Collection and preservation of audio visual documents of the Liberation War from local and foreign sources and capacity building of Bangladesh Film Archive” and Arran Birchenough, Asia Pacific director (Tv and sales) of Getty Images, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective sides.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Senior Secretary to the Ministry of Information Humayun Kabir Khandaker, officials from Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC and Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York were present.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the declaration of independence by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the first hour of March 26, 1971, the news was circulated in different media of the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the long nine months of the Liberation War, various international media published various pictures and news on the war.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Through this MoU, Getty Images will assist Bangladesh Film Archive in collecting and preserving these priceless documents, said the release. - UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>