Captain Kaniz Fatema, who broke her spinal cord and became paralyzed during her army training at Bangladesh Military Academy in 2012, has been promoted to the rank of major.
Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed adorned Kaniz with her new rank badge at the Multipurpose Complex at Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday.
Senior army officials along with formation commanders were present at the special occasion to honour Kaniz and her spirit and passion, reads a press release.
In 2011, Kaniz Fatema joined the Bangladesh Army with the aim to serve her country. Even after the accident, she was determined to serve the nation to the best of her abilities, added the press release.
In 2013, Bangladesh Army awarded her commission under special consideration.
With her sheer mental strength and the help of colleagues, she was able to carry out her responsibility with utmost spontaneity. Her physical restrictions have succumbed to her willpower.
Bangladesh Army believed that the honour will always be exemplary in history for the progress of the country's women, the press release said.