After our interview he would be on his way to a birthday dinner thrown by his house helper at her home. In 2013, the Englishman was officially honoured as a ‘friend of Bangladesh’ in recognition of his role during the Liberation War. But Julian Bhai, as he is known to so many, said he had never imagined such a day would come. Within nine months a new country was born and Julian Francis would forever be tied to it. Francis and his brother would wash their neighbours’ cars and the money they collected would be sent to the charity.

Source: bd News24 May 05, 2017 08:15 UTC