Dr Yunus inaugurates ‘Army Headquarters Selection Board-2024’

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has inaugurated the 'Army Headquarters Selection Board-2024.'

In the first phase under this promotion board, eligible officers for the ranks of colonel and lieutenant colonel will be considered for promotion, said an ISPR press release on Sunday (October 6).

Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, Dr Yunus welcomed all to the new Bangladesh achieved through the student-people revolution.

He remembered with deep respect all who were killed in the anti-discrimination student movement in July-August. He also recalled all the brave soldiers of the armed forces who participated in the War of Liberation.

The nation will always remember with respect the self-sacrifice of martyrs of the armed forces, said the chief adviser.

He directed the members of the Selection Board to place emphasis on professional competence, leadership qualities, standards of discipline, honesty, trustworthiness and loyalty, and the overall suitability of the officers for their promotion.

The officers with honesty, integrity and other leadership qualities deserve higher promotion, he said.

Dr Yunus also directed the Selection Board to select those who have succeeded in providing competent leadership in various activities of military life, rising above their political ideology, for promotion.

Highlighting the contribution of the Bangladesh Army, he said the Army stood by the country's people at the time of crisis and saved the country from an unstable situation by expediting the process of forming an interim government.

The Bangladesh Army has once again been recognised as a symbol of trust by the people of the country, said Dr Yunus.