Dhaka, Dec 14 (The New Age): The Graduation Dinner of National Defence Course and Armed Forces War
Course - 13 of the National Defence College was held at Mirpur
Cantonment in Dhaka on Thursday.
Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain was present as the chief guest, an ISPR press release said.
International
affairs adviser to the prime minister Gowher Rizvi, acting chief of
Naval Staff Rear Admiral AMMM Aurangzeb Chowdhury, Chief of the Air
Staff Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari, principal staff officer (PSO) of
Armed Forces Division, defence advisers/attaches of different foreign
missions in Bangladesh and high officials of defence forces attended the
graduation dinner.
Chief justice Muzammel Hossain congratulated all
course members of NDC and Armed Forces War Course-13 for successful
completion of the course. He also expressed his satisfaction at the high
standard of education that is imparted at NDC.
The chief justice
emphasized on the need for greater synergy and integrity among all
national forces, be it military or civil, for attaining much coveted
goal of national development and security.
In this regard, he highlighted the role of NDC in building the national cohesion to address the challenges coming forth.
Commandant
of the College Lieutenant General Mollah Fazle Akbar delivered his
welcome address. He congratulated the graduating members and expressed
thanks to the faculty members and staff officers of the college for
their relentless hard work for making the courses a success. He also
paid deep tribute and homage to the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and all the freedom fighters who laid down their
lives during the war of liberation.
This year the National Defence
Course comprises of twenty Brigadier Generals from Bangladesh Army,
three Commodores from Bangladesh Navy and three Group Captains from
Bangladesh Air Force.
A total of 26 overseas course members from 11 friendly countries have also participated in National Defence Course 2013.
They
were includes one brigadier general from Malaysia, Tanzania and Jordan,
one brigadier and one air commodore from India, one naval captain each
from Pakistan and Myanmar, one colonel from Egypt, three brigadier
generals from Sri Lanka, five colonels, four captains and three group
captains from Nigeria and two colonel from Royal Saudi Arabia and one
lieutenant colonel from China.