DHAKA, Jan 6, 2022 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated
an international standard architectural feat Bangabandhu Military Museum to
collect, preserve and exhibit the real history of the Liberation War and Bangladesh military's contribution to achieving the independence of the country.

   The premier virtually opened the museum from her official Ganabhaban
residence here through a programme.

   Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed, Chief of Naval Staff
Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul
Hannan, and Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Abu Hena Mostafa
Kamal spoke on the occasion from the museum site at Bijoy Sarani Road here.

   Cabinet members, lawmakers, high civil and military officials were present
at the museum end.

   The Bangabandhu Military Museum was built on 10 acres of land on the west
side of the Bangabandhu Novo Theater where equipment of the military, before
and after the independence, would be presented.

   The museum has six separate parts including designated galleries for
Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force.

  To educate people about the glorious history of the Bangladesh military
forces, Bangladesh Military Museum was established in 1987 in Mirpur
Cantonment which was later shifted in 1992 to the present location on the
west side of Bangabandhu Planetarium along Bijoy Sarani Road in Dhaka.

   The military museum was upgraded under a grand initiative to modernize it
which has led to the development of a state of the art establishment that
will be known as 'Bangabandhu Military Museum'.

   The museum promises to provide authentic information to the country's
people, specifically the new generation, about the glorious past, challenges,
achievements, and key developments of the Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air
Force. The information displayed can also be used for research purposes.