UNB, Dhaka :
Marking the Armed Forces Day 2015, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the memories of the martyred members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice in the Liberation War in 1971.
The Prime Minister paid the homage by placing a wreath at Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) at Dhaka Cantonment.
After laying the wreath, she stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs.
A smartly-turned out contingent drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force presented a guard of honour as the bugle played the last post.
Later, the Prime Minister, also in-charge of the Ministry of Defence, signed the visitors’ book on the Shikha Anirban premises.
Earlier on her arrival, the chiefs of the three services and the principal staff officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division received the Prime Minister.
After the wreath-placing ceremony, the Prime Minister went to the Armed Forces Division (AFD) where the chiefs of the three services made a courtesy call on her.
On her arrival at the AFD, the Prime Minister was received by the PSO and directors generals of the AFD.
On this day during the War of Liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Armed Forces comprising Army, Navy and Air Force, came into being and launched an all-out attack on the Pakistani occupation forces.
Since the country’s independence, this historic day is observed as the Armed Forces Day every year.
Marking the Armed Forces Day 2015, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the memories of the martyred members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice in the Liberation War in 1971.
The Prime Minister paid the homage by placing a wreath at Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) at Dhaka Cantonment.
After laying the wreath, she stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs.
A smartly-turned out contingent drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force presented a guard of honour as the bugle played the last post.
Later, the Prime Minister, also in-charge of the Ministry of Defence, signed the visitors’ book on the Shikha Anirban premises.
Earlier on her arrival, the chiefs of the three services and the principal staff officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division received the Prime Minister.
After the wreath-placing ceremony, the Prime Minister went to the Armed Forces Division (AFD) where the chiefs of the three services made a courtesy call on her.
On her arrival at the AFD, the Prime Minister was received by the PSO and directors generals of the AFD.
On this day during the War of Liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Armed Forces comprising Army, Navy and Air Force, came into being and launched an all-out attack on the Pakistani occupation forces.
Since the country’s independence, this historic day is observed as the Armed Forces Day every year.
