This time 61 foreign friends or their representatives are receiving the 'Liberation War Honour' and the 'Friends of Liberation War Honour' at a programme at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
President Mohammad Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are handing them gold-plated silver metallic plaques bearing replica of the National Memorial and a citation on silk cloth.
"We invited 145 and out of them 61 confirmed their participation," State Minister for Liberation War Affairs AB Tajul Islam said on Thursday.
Bangladesh conferred the Swadhinata Sommanona upon late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the only person to get the coveted honour, in July last year.
In March this year, the nation paid homage to 83 foreign friends with the Liberation War Honour and the Friends of Liberation War Honour at a glittering ceremony.
Of the 61 awardees, 49 are Indians, one each from Nepal, Vietnam and Italy, three are Britons and two each from the US, Sweden and Australia.
The state will bestow the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour on former Prime Minister of India Inder Kumar Gujral and late Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. The remaining 59 would get the Friends of Liberation War Honour.
Tajul Islam said the government had identified over 500 foreign friends and plans to honour them in phases.