Bangladesh Army Chief
Gen Shafiuddin vows to bridge the gap between military & media
Bangladesh Army chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed has vowed to bridge the gap between the military and the media.
“After taking charge as the Army Chief, I told the Prime Minister that there should be no gap between the Army and the public or the media. I feel we can all work together," he told defense journalists last week.
"Media management is actually part of the Army training,” he said during an interaction with members of the Defense Journalists Association of Bangladesh on the sidelines of the Army's winter exercise in Savar.
Blaming the media for sometimes creating a rift by putting out "embarassing" news about the Army, the General said, "We will help each other."
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A media cell is already there at the Army headquarters and it will work with the defence journalists, he said. "The Army is prepared to perform any duties as per the directives of the government."
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On the exercise, the director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, Army Headquarters, Brig Gen Mamun Ur Rashid said, “Our motto is 'hard training, easy war’."
Army chief Gen Shafiuddin leaves for 2-day UAE visit
Bangladesh Army chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Monday morning left for the UAE on a two-day official visit.
General Shafiuddin will hold bilateral meetings with the UAE Chief of Army Staff and discuss bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between the armies of the two countries during the visit, the Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate said in a statement.
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General Shafiuddin will also attend the coveted International Dubai Air Show-2021 in the UAE capital.
The Army Chief is scheduled to return home November 18, the directorate said.
Indian army chief meets Bangladesh army chief
Visiting Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane made a courtesy call on Bangladesh Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed at the Army Headquarters of Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday.
During the meeting, they discussed various issues related to the existing good relations between the armed forces of the two countries and mutual cooperation in the future.
Issues related to the implementation of the Border Road Organization, training of Army pilots, exchange of defense experts and trainers, mutual defense cooperation got priority during the discussion, says an Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) media release.
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General Aziz expressed gratitude for India's commendable cooperation in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also hoped that India would be beside Bangladesh in resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Earlier, General Naravane paid tributes to the members of the Bangladesh Armed Forces who made supreme sacrifices during the Liberation War of 1971, by laying a wreath at the altar of Shikha Anirban in Dhaka Cantonment.
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Later, the Indian Army Chief was then given a "Guard of Honor" by a smart team of the Bangladesh Army at Senakunja. Then General Naravane planted a sapling at Senakunja.
Indian Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane arrived in Dhaka on Thursday on a five-day visit.
The Indian Army chief is accompanied by his wife Veena Naravane and a two-member delegation.
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