President, PM pay tribute to martyrs on Armed Forces Day

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid tribute to the martyred members of Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of Armed Forces Day 2022.

The president, who is also the supreme commander of the Armed Forces and the prime minister, in-charge of the Ministry of Defence, paid homage by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) in Dhaka Cantonment on Monday morning.

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After laying the wreath, the president and the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time to show profound respect to the memories of the Armed Forces martyrs, who made supreme sacrifices during the Liberation War.

A smartly-turned-out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Air Force presented a guard of honour at that time, while the bugle played the last post.

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Later, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed the visitors' book kept on the premises of Shikha Anirban.

PM's Security Adviser Major General (rtd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique was present on the occasion.

Earlier, on their arrival at Shikha Anirban, Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan and Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman received the president and the prime minister.

After placing the wreath, the prime minister went to the Armed Forces Division (AFD) where the chiefs of the three services made a courtesy call on her.

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On this day during the War of Liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Armed Forces, comprising Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Air Force, came into being and launched an all-out attack on the Pakistani occupation forces which expedited the victory in the Liberation War.

After the independence of the country, this historic day is being observed as Armed Forces Day every year.