PM pays homage to Armed Forces’ martyrs

UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday morning paid homage to the members of the Armed Forces, who made the supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation, by placing wreaths at the Shikha Anirban, Dhaka Cantonment.
After placing the wreath at the Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) in the morning, Hasina who is also in charge of the Ministry of Defense stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs.
A smartly turned out contingent of the Armed Forces, drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force, presented her a guard of honour at that time, while bugle played till the last post.
Hasina also signed the visitor book kept there.
Security adviser to the Prime Minister Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, the chiefs of the three services and Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division were present on the occasion.
Later, the Prime Minister went to her office at the Armed Forces Division at Dhaka Cantonment where Chief of Army Staff General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal M Enamul Bari called on her.