Choose most qualified, honest officers for promotion in Army: PM
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the senior officials of Bangladesh Army to select for promotion the most qualified, capable, efficient and patriotic officers who have the belief in the Liberation War spirit rising above personal liking and disliking. The Prime Minister gave the directives while addressing the Army Headquarters Selection Board -2015 at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment. Sheikh Hasina suggested Army generals to give priority to educational qualifications, professional excellence, honesty, trust worthiness and loyalty as well as discipline and leadership capability for promotion. She also stressed evaluation of the contributions of officers on various important occasions to national life, including containing militancy, conducting anti-terrorism operation as well as maintaining constitutional continuity in the country. Terming the belief on Bangladesh independence and the Liberation War spirit as the fundamental ideology and prime issue for the Armed Forces, Sheikh Hasina said, “Leadership must be bestowed upon the patriotic officers,” according to UNB.