PM assures FFs of getting all opportunities
Monday, 22 November 2010
The Armed Forces Day was observed Sunday with due solemnity and festivity, reports BSS.
The programmes of the day began with offering of special prayers seeking divine blessings for the well-being and prosperity of the nation and development and progress of the Armed Forces after the Fazr prayers in all mosques at Army garrisons, Naval bases and establishments as well as Air Force bases throughout the country.
President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) and Defence Minister Sheikh Hasina placed wreaths at the Shikha Anirban paying tributes to the memory of the members of the Armed Forces martyred during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Chief of Army Staff General Md Abdul Mubeen, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed and on behalf of Chief of Air Staff the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Admin) Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ihsanul Bari also placed wreaths at the Shikha Anirban on behalf of their respective services.
They also paid courtesy call on the President and the PM at the city's Bangabhaban and at the Armed Forces Division (AFD) respectively.
On the occasion the PM hosted a reception and met the family members of the Bir Shresthos and other gallantry-awarded freedom fighters (FFs).
The PM said that she did not want to see any family of freedom fighters (FFs) would pass their days without food and shelter. She said her government would do whatever necessary for the welfare of the families of FFs.
Describing FFs as the greatest sons of the soil, she said the government was working relentlessly to uphold their dignity recognising their immense contribution for the cause of their beloved motherland.
Referring to the sufferings of FFs after the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, Hasina said her previous government [1996-2001] had provided gallantry awards and certificates to the FFs and took initiatives so that they could get state honour after their death.
The PM said the amount of allowances for them had also been increased from Tk 1500 to Tk 2000 along with raising numbers of the beneficiaries.
The retirement age of FFs in government services had been enhanced, while the quota in government job had been extended to their family members, she added.
"Five per cent admission quota has been kept preserved for the children of FFs in different educational institutes", she said.
The PM announced that Muktijoddha Complexes would be built in all districts and upazila headquarters and a modern hospital at Tejgaon for them.
Reiterating her government's firm commitment to build a hunger, poverty and illiteracy-free prosperous Bangladesh attuned to the ideal and spirit of liberation war, she called upon all to supplement the government efforts to this end.
The PM handed over gifts among 53 gallantry award wining FFs and their successors.
Earlier, in the morning, the PM placed wreath at the "Shikha Anirban" (eternal flame) and stood in solemn silence for some time as mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs of War of Liberation in 1971.
Among others, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Capt (retd) AB Tajul Islam, Defence Adviser to the PM Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Chief of Army Staff General Abdul Mubeen, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Admin) Air Vice-Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari and high civil and military officials attended the function.
The programmes of the day began with offering of special prayers seeking divine blessings for the well-being and prosperity of the nation and development and progress of the Armed Forces after the Fazr prayers in all mosques at Army garrisons, Naval bases and establishments as well as Air Force bases throughout the country.
President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister (PM) and Defence Minister Sheikh Hasina placed wreaths at the Shikha Anirban paying tributes to the memory of the members of the Armed Forces martyred during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Chief of Army Staff General Md Abdul Mubeen, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed and on behalf of Chief of Air Staff the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Admin) Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ihsanul Bari also placed wreaths at the Shikha Anirban on behalf of their respective services.
They also paid courtesy call on the President and the PM at the city's Bangabhaban and at the Armed Forces Division (AFD) respectively.
On the occasion the PM hosted a reception and met the family members of the Bir Shresthos and other gallantry-awarded freedom fighters (FFs).
The PM said that she did not want to see any family of freedom fighters (FFs) would pass their days without food and shelter. She said her government would do whatever necessary for the welfare of the families of FFs.
Describing FFs as the greatest sons of the soil, she said the government was working relentlessly to uphold their dignity recognising their immense contribution for the cause of their beloved motherland.
Referring to the sufferings of FFs after the brutal assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975, Hasina said her previous government [1996-2001] had provided gallantry awards and certificates to the FFs and took initiatives so that they could get state honour after their death.
The PM said the amount of allowances for them had also been increased from Tk 1500 to Tk 2000 along with raising numbers of the beneficiaries.
The retirement age of FFs in government services had been enhanced, while the quota in government job had been extended to their family members, she added.
"Five per cent admission quota has been kept preserved for the children of FFs in different educational institutes", she said.
The PM announced that Muktijoddha Complexes would be built in all districts and upazila headquarters and a modern hospital at Tejgaon for them.
Reiterating her government's firm commitment to build a hunger, poverty and illiteracy-free prosperous Bangladesh attuned to the ideal and spirit of liberation war, she called upon all to supplement the government efforts to this end.
The PM handed over gifts among 53 gallantry award wining FFs and their successors.
Earlier, in the morning, the PM placed wreath at the "Shikha Anirban" (eternal flame) and stood in solemn silence for some time as mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs of War of Liberation in 1971.
Among others, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Capt (retd) AB Tajul Islam, Defence Adviser to the PM Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Chief of Army Staff General Abdul Mubeen, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral ZU Ahmed and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Admin) Air Vice-Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari and high civil and military officials attended the function.