The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated on Friday through various programmes amid festivity and enthusiasm, marking the establishment of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Liberation War.
The day鈥檚 programmes will begin with offering of special prayers after fajr prayers at all mosques in all the cantonments and naval and air force bases throughout the country on the day, seeking divine blessings for the well-being 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 division, and chief adviser of the interim government Professor聽 Muhammad Yunus issued separate messages, said a release of the Inter-Services Public Relations directorate Thursday evening.
On the eve of the day, the president and the chief adviser will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban at Dhaka Cantonment in the morning, paying homage to the members of the martyred armed forces鈥� who made their supreme sacrifices in the 1971 Liberation War.
Subsequently, chief of army staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, navy chief Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hasan and chief of the air force 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 department of armed forces division and later the president at the Bangabhaban.
On the occasion of the day, the chief adviser will accord a reception to family members of Bir Shreshthas and selected gallantry award winning 1971 veterans and their family members at the Army Multipurpose Complex in Dhaka Cantonment.
Yunus will distribute greeting cards and exchange greetings with the 101 selected gallantry award winning freedom fighters and their heirs.
To mark the day, the chief adviser will host a reception at Senakunj in Dhaka Cantonment, at 4:00pm, the ISPR said.
Besides, reception programme will be organised at Barishal, Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Bougra, Sylhet, Ghatail, Chattogram, Jashore, Rangpur and Khulna cantonments and bases under the management of the respective area鈥檚 headquarters.
Meanwhile, to celebrate the day with due dignity, various programmes will also be held at other army garrisons, naval ships and installations and air force bases of the country outside Dhaka. Specially equipped naval ships in Dhaka, Khulna, Chandpur, Barisal and Chittagong will be kept at the nearby ghats for the public from 2:00pm till sunset.
The Bangladesh Television will broadcast the programme live on the day.
