Armed Forces Day today (Wednesday)

The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated today (Wednesday) marking the founding of Army, Navy and Air Force during the 1971 Liberation War, reports BSS.

The day's programme will begin with the offering of special prayers after Fazr at all mosques in all the cantonments, naval and air force bases throughout the country seeking divine blessings for the well-being and prosperity of the nation and progress of the armed forces, an ISPR statement said.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages greeting members of the armed forces on the occasion.

As part of the day's programme, the President and the Prime Minister will lay wreaths at the Shikha Anirban (the Eternal Flame) at Dhaka Cantonment paying deep homage to the martyred armed forces members who laid down their lives in the Liberation War.

They will be followed by Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed, Navy Chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat in performing the ritual on behalf of their respective forces.

The chiefs of the three services will also call on the President at Bangabhaban and the Prime Minister at the Armed Forces Division.

The Prime Minister will meet the family members of the Bir Shresthos and other gallantry award winning 1971 veterans at the Armed Forces Division at Army Multipurpose Complex at Dhaka Cantonment. She would distribute peace awards for 2017-18 among nine army, one navy and three air forces men.