The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated through various programmes on Saturday (November 21) amid festivity and enthusiasm.

The day’s programme will begin with offering of special prayers after Fazr prayers at all mosques in all the cantonments, naval and
air force bases throughout the country on the day, seeking divine blessings for the well-being and prosperity of the nation and progress
of the armed forces, an ISPR press release said.

On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will issue separate messages while Prime
Minister’s speech, marking the Armed Forces Day-2020, will be telecasted through Bangladesh Television at 7.30pm on Saturday.

As part of the day’s programme, military secretary of the President, on behalf of him, and military secretary of the Prime
Minister, on behalf of her, will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban (the Eternal Flame) at Dhaka Cantonment on Saturday morning, paying
homage to the martyred armed forces’ members who laid down their lives in the Liberation War in 1971.

Later, Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed, Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat
will place wreaths at the Shikha Anirban on behalf of their respective forces.

Chiefs of the three services will also call on President at the Bangabhaban and Prime Minster at Ganabhaban on the day. Prime
Minister’s Security Affairs Adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division will
be present at the meeting with the premier.
The authorities, however, decided to celebrate the day this year in a limited scale due to the global pandemic coronavirus. Therefore,
Bangladesh Navy Ships (BNS) in Dhaka, Khulna, Chandpur, Barishal and Chattogram will not be open for the general people this year.