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DAY-ARMED-FORCES
Armed Forces Day to be celebrated on Saturday
DHAKA, Nov 19, 2020 (BSS) – The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated
through various programmes on Saturday (November 21) amid festivity
and enthusiasm.
The day’s programme will begin with offering of special prayers
after Fazr prayers at all mosques in all the cantonments, naval and
air force bases throughout the country on the day, seeking divine
blessings for the well-being and prosperity of the nation and progress
of the armed forces, an ISPR press release said.
On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages tomorrow while Prime
Minister’s speech, marking the Armed Forces Day-2020, will be
telecasted through Bangladesh Television at 7.30pm on Saturday.
As part of the day’s programme, military secretary of the
President, on behalf of him, and military secretary of the Prime
Minister, on behalf of her, will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban
(the Eternal Flame) at Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday morning, paying
homage to the martyred armed forces’ members who laid down their lives
in the Liberation War in 1971.
Later, Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed, Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen
Iqbal, and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat
will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban on behalf of their respective
forces.
Chiefs of the three services will also call on President at the
Bangabhaban and Prime Minster at Ganabhaban on the day. Prime
Minister’s Security Affairs Adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed
Siddique and Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division will
be present at the meeting with the premier.
The authorities, however, decided to celebrate the day this year in
a limited scale due to the global pandemic coronavirus. Therefore,
Bangladesh Navy Ships (BNS) in Dhaka, Khulna, Chandpur, Barishal and
Chattogram will not be open for the general people this year.
The state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) will air the ‘Special
Anirban’ programme illustrating the significance of the day after the
Bangla news of 8 pm tomorrow (on November 20) while the Bangladesh
Betar would broadcast the “Spechial Durber” programme at 7.30 pm on
Saturday.
Later, the ‘Special Anirban’ programme would be telecasted through
other private television channels while national dailies will publish
special supplements highlighting significance of the day.
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