City Desk :
Stressing the importance of following the chain of command, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to perform their responsibilities with patriotism, honesty and discipline, reports UNB.
“I expect you to discharge your respective responsibilities with patriotism, honesty and discipline,” she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing the celebration of BGB Day-2021 at its headquarters here as the chief guest, joining it virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.
Hasina asked the BGB personnel to always keep in mind that discipline and chain of command is the most important for a disciplined force.
“Never break the chain of command, or else it’ll harm you. Uphold the chain of command,” the PM said.
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan handed over the BGB Medal, President Border Guard Service Medal and BGB Medal- Service to eight members of BGB for their courageous and brilliant contribution in different activities of the force.
The Prime Minister hoped that BGB will move towards its desired goal as a modern border guard force as expected by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“I expect that BGB will continue its progress as ‘vigilant sentinels of the border’ as a symbol of confidence of the people of Bangladesh,” she said.
Hasina said Bangladesh is now a role model for socio-economic development in the world. “We’ve made a revolution in the fields of electricity, communications, IT and agriculture. We’ve become a developing country from an LDC,” she said.
Mentioning that Bangladesh is implementing “Delta Plan 2100”, she said her government is committed to building a hunger-poverty-free, developed and prosperous “Sonar Bangla” for the next generation as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu.
The PM said BGB’s one of the responsibilities is to assist the administration in maintaining the domestic law and order alongside performing their duties on the border.
She said BGB’s role in parliamentary elections, city corporation polls, and other local body elections, maintaining the law and order during different emerging situations and in nation-building works have been appreciated by all.
Recalling the contributions of the BGB (erstwhile EPR) to the Liberation War, Hasina said the Father of the Nation declared the independence of Bangladesh soon after Pakistani occupation forces unleashed genocide on March 25, 1971.
