DHAKA: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday extended his greetings and felicitations to Bangladesh on the eve of the country’s 45th Independence and National Day.

President Pranab, in his message to his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Hamid, expressed his confidence in expanding cooperation between New Delhi and Dhaka.

"On behalf of the government and the people of India and on my own behalf, I am pleased to convey to you and to the people of Bangladesh our warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion of your National Day," Pranab’s message read, reports Zee News.

"I recall with great pleasure our meeting during your visit to India in December 2014. I am confident that the relationship between our two countries would continue to grow and expand to include new areas of cooperation in a mutually beneficial manner," the message added.

The people of Bangladesh are all set to celebrate the 45th Independence and National Day on Thursday with a vow to uphold the spirit of the Liberation War to build a golden country completing the war crimes trial.

Every year, the March 26 brings the most tragic reminiscence of the history's blackest episode that heralded a nine-month bloody ordeal from the night following March 25, 1971 in achieving the long-cherished independence on December 16 on the year.

BDST: 2003 HRS, MAR 25, 2015