<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Late US Senator Edward M Kennedy's son Ted Kennedy Jr and his three family members paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital on Sunday morning.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">During the meeting, the prime minister expressed her gratitude for the outstanding contribution of late US Senator Edward M Kennedy to supporting the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the Liberation War, although the then Nixon administration favoured Pakistan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The prime minister recalled the visit of Kennedy Sr to Bangladesh in February, 1972 as Ted Kennedy Jr, his son, daughter and wife had meeting with Sheikh Hasina, Karim said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The premier also called Kennedy Sr "a true friend of Bangladesh".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ted Kennedy Jr, a former member of Connecticut State Senate, is now on seven-day visit to Bangladesh from October 29-November 5 to join the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-Bangladesh relations. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>