PM Hasina hails Armed Forces for standing by the people: PM

PM Sheikh Hasina addressing the armed Forces Day reception at Senakunja on Monday.

Dhaka, Nov 21 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday lauded the country’s military for standing by the side the people during natural disasters and other crisis.

“I believe that our army is now truly the people's army. The armed forces stand beside the people during any disaster and accident and extend their cooperation to them,” she said.

The premier was addressing a civic and military gathering at a reception arranged at Senakunja of Dhaka Cantonment on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2022.

We want peace, not war:

Hasina said Bangladesh doesn’t want war against anyone, but instead wants peace and friendly relations with all the countries.

“We’ll not fight against anyone. We want peace,” she said.

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 which accelerated the victory in the Liberation War.

Since the independence of the country, this historic day is observed as the Armed Forces Day. - UNB