Perform duty efficiently
President asks armoured corps commanders
President Zillur Rahman has urged the commanders of the Armoured Corps to perform their duties with skill and efficiency as leaders of the regiments.
“As commanders, you have hard task to conduct a regiment,” he said while addressing the 4th Reunion of National Standard Presentation (9th Bengal Lancer) and Annual Armoured Corps Conference-2010 at the Bogra Cantonment yesterday.
The president said proper direction, immediate decision making capacity, skill and leadership of a commander could play important role in expanding activities and increasing skills of the armored force.
“It's my firm belief that you will always remain active in discharging your duties by showing efficiency of leadership, hard labour, perseverance and dutifulness.”
He said the government is working hard to build `digital Bangladesh' by 2021 and hoped that the use of the information technology would make the force more dynamic. “You've to prepare your subordinates in the same way with hard labour and training.”
Zillur Rahman recalled the immense contribution of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in founding the armoured corps and said that he (Bangabandhu) had enriched the force in 1974 with the inclusion of 30 modern T-54 tanks that were used in the Arab-Israel war.
“Over the years, many developments and expansions have taken place in the corps,” he said, adding that there are six big and two small units in the armoured corps presently and it would be expanded further in the future.
The government is working to build a skilled, disciplined and strong army utilising the information technology, said the president.
Adviser to the Prime Minister Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, Chiefs of the three services, local MPs, Area commanders of Bogra and Savar, Colonel Commandant of Armoured Corps, GOC of Army Training and Doctrine Command, Commandant of the Armoured Corps Centre School, and high civil and military officials were present at the function.
Earlier, the president addressed the 4th Reunion of National Standard Presentation at the Bogra Cantonment where he described Bangladesh Army as the symbol of pride and a national asset.
“Armoured Corps is the senior corps in the army and its main objective is to destroy the morale of the enemy in the war field,” he said, adding that the role of this corps is indispensable to win battles.
Zillur said every member of the Armoured Corps is always ready to contribute in the peacekeeping activities both at home and abroad, being inspired by the great motto - 'Sacrifice life, not honour'.
The president planted a sapling of Belgian tree at the Shaheed Smriti Square in the cantonment and put his signature on the visitor' s book.
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