Tony Blair pays homage to Bangabandhu

Former British Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair on Saturday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the capital.

Blair visited Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 and placed a floral wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation there, a foreign ministry press release said.

The former British premier who is currently Executive Chairman of Tony Blair Institute for Global Change took a tour at the Museum and signed the Visitors' Book.

He was received at the Museum by Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, MP.

Blair arrived here on Friday evening on a two-day visit.