Despite challenges, every member in Bangladesh Army is working for the welfare of the country, outgoing Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday.
The army chief said this while attending his farewell reception at Savar Cantonment in the afternoon.
Besides, every army person should always be ready for the welfare of the country, he said.
He further said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has modernised the Bangladesh Army.
Earlier, the army chief went to the Savar Cantonment and held a views exchange meeting with the army personnel and inaugurated a mosque in the DOHS area and planted trees.
The army chief was later given a farewell reception by the 9th Infantry Division.
Senior army officers were present at the reception.
