Armed Forces Day today

The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated today (Friday) with various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm to mark the establishment of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, reports BSS.

The day's programmes will begin with the offering of special prayers after Fajr prayers at all mosques in all the cantonments and naval and air-force bases throughout the country seeking divine blessings for the wellbeing and prosperity of the nation and progress of the armed forces.

"On the occasion, President Mohammed Shahabuddin, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus issued separate messages," said a release of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate on Thursday evening.

On the occasion, the President and the Chief Adviser will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban (the Eternal Flame) at Dhaka Cantonment in the morning to pay homage to the members of the martyred armed forces who made their supreme sacrifices in the War of Liberation in 1971.

Subsequently, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Navy Chief Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hasan and Chief of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan will also lay wreaths there, on behalf of their respective forces.

The three chiefs of the three services will also pay courtesy call on the Chief Adviser at the Armed Forces Division and later on the President of the Republic at the Bangabhaban later in the day.

On the occasion of the 'Armed Forces Day 2025', the Chief Adviser will accord a reception to family members of Bir Shreshthas and select gallantry-award-winning 1971 veterans and their family members at the Army Multipurpose Complex in the Dhaka Cantonment.

The Liberation War Affairs Adviser, the CA's Special Assistant (Defence and National Integration), CA's Special Assistant (National and Security Adviser and High Representative on Rohingya Issues), Chiefs of three services, Principal Secretary of the CA Office, AFD's Principal Staff Officer (PSO), Defence Ministry Secretary, Liberation War Affairs Secretary, and high-ranking civil and military officers will be present at the event.