<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid glowing tributes to the martyred members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day-2022.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister paid the homage by placing a wreath at the Shikha Anirban (flame eternal) in Dhaka Cantonment this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the armed forces martyrs, who made supreme sacrifices during the War of Liberation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A smartly-turned out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force presented a guard of honour at that time, while the bugle played the last post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, Sheikh Hasina, also in-charge of the Ministry of Defence, signed the visitors’ book kept on the premises of Shikha Anirban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, on her arrival at the Shikha Anirban, the premier was received by Chief of Army Staff General S M 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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the wreath-placing ceremony, the prime minister went to the Armed Forces Division (AFD) where her Security Adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and chiefs of the three services made a courtesy call on her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On her arrival at the AFD, Sheikh Hasina was received by the PSO and director generals of the AFD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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 sped up the victory in the Liberation War.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the independence of the country, this historic day is being observed as the Armed Forces Day every year. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>