Honorable Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus on Sunday (06 October 2024 AD) as Chief Guest at Army Headquarters officially inaugurated Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024. In this promotion board of the 1st phase, the eligible officers of the rank of colonel and lieutenant colonel of Bangladesh Army will be considered for further promotion. In the valuable speech of the promotion board, the Honorable Chief Adviser welcomed everyone to the new Bangladesh, soaked in the revolution of the students.
He remembered with deep respect all those who died in the anti-discrimination student movement in July-August. He also remembered all the brave soldiers of the armed forces and army martyrs who participated in the Great War of Independence, whose sacrifices the nation will always remember with respect. The Hon’ble Chief Adviser directed the members of the Selection Board to emphasize professional competence, leadership qualities, standards of discipline, honesty, trustworthiness and loyalty and above all suitability of the officers for promotion. He also commented that officers with honesty, integrity and other leadership qualities deserve higher promotion. It also directs the selection for promotion of those officers who have succeeded in providing competent leadership in various activities of military life, irrespective of political ideology. He said that Bangladesh Army stood by the people of the country at the time of crisis and saved the country from an unstable situation by expediting the process of forming an interim government. As a result, Bangladesh Army has once again been recognized as a symbol of trust by the people of the country, he said in his valuable speech.
Chief Adviser was welcomed by Chief of Army Staff General Waqar-uz-Zaman, OSP, SGP, PSC on arrival at the venue. Special Assistant to Hon’ble Principal Adviser on Defense and National Integration Development, Chief of General Staff and Principal Staff Officer of Department of Armed Forces. The Chief of Army Staff expressed gratitude and thanks to the Honorable Chief Adviser for inaugurating the Election Board despite his busy schedule. Defense Secretary was present along with senior officers of the army at the inauguration ceremony of Army Headquarters Selection Board 2024.
At the end of the ceremony Hon’ble Chief Adviser participated in a photo session with the army officers present and recorded comments in the inspection book.