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[2] Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna has expressed her optimism that each member of the armed forces will perform duty with professionalism and ethics imbued with patriotism, reported Kaler Kantho, BSS.
[3] Mentioning that the armed forces have today turned out to be the nation’s symbol of confidence and reliance, PM Hasina said that the armed forces have participated in various activities like disaster management, construction of infrastructures, serving people in distress.
[4] After issuing a message on the occasion of Armed Forces Day-2020, Hasina said that The freedom fighters, members of different paramilitary forces and the patriotic people had carried out jointly an integrated attack and compelled the occupation forces to surrender.
[5] “We achieved the final victory on December 16 in 1971 after defeating the occupational forces. And the ‘Armed Forces Day’ is being observed in every year on November 21 as a landmark of the victory and success of the Bangalee nation in the great liberation war,” she said.
[6] The government has formulated ‘Forces Goal-2030’ in light of the defense policy of 1974, she said, adding that the modernization of the three forces is being implemented gradually under the policy.