Army chief pays courtesy call on president

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman today (5 October) paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in Dhaka.

“During the meeting, the president was apprised of the overall activities of the force by the army chief,” President’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS.

President Shahabuddin, also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Division, said the Bangladesh Army is playing a commendable role in the welfare of the countrymen and providing security to their lives and property.

The army will stand by the country and its people in any need including natural calamities in the days to come, the head of state hoped.

The army chief informed the president that various units of the army are working across the country to support the civil administration.