Prime Minister visits Armed Forces Division office for the first time

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday reported to his office at the Armed Forces Division in Dhaka Cantonment for the first time.

He arrived at 9:00am and was received by the chiefs of the three armed services, according to his Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon. The Prime Minister exchanged greetings with them before proceeding to his scheduled engagements.

During the day’s programme, he conferred new rank badges on Lieutenant General Mir Mushfiqur Rahman and Major General Kaiser Rashid Chowdhury.

Among those present were the Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brig Gen (retd) AKM Shamsul Islam; Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman; Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan; Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan; Defence Secretary Md Ashraf Uddin; Press Secretary Saleh Shibly; Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon; and Private Secretary-2 Md Mehedul Islam.