Prime Minister Tareque Rahman has awarded the national flag to seven units of the Bangladesh Army in recognition of their special contribution to achieving professional excellence and their heroic roles during wartime and peacetime at national and international levels.
On Sunday (October 18) morning, he handed over the national flags to these units at a ceremony organized by the 9th Infantry Division at Savar Cantonment.
The units that received the national flag this year are — President Guard Regiment, 7 Field Regiment Artillery, 32 Field Regiment Artillery, 25 AD Regiment, 9 Engineer Battalion, 56 East Bengal Regiment, and 57 East Bengal Regiment.
Upon the Prime Minister’s arrival at Savar Cantonment to attend the ceremony, he was accorded an armed salute. Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman and other high-ranking army officials were present at the time.