President Fakhrul pays tribute to Liberation War martyrs at National Memorial in Savar
Fakhrul was accorded a guard of honour there by a smartly turned-out contingent of the three services.
The newly elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (22 August) paid tribute to the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War by placing a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar.
He placed the wreath at the memorial at 10:27am this morning. Afterwards, he stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect for the martyrs.
Later, Fakhrul was accorded a guard of honour by a smartly turned-out contingent of the three services (Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Bangladesh Air Force). After the ceremony, he also signed a visitors' book.
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In the book, the president wrote, "I pay my deepest respect to all the brave martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the great Liberation War by attending the National Memorial. In exchange for their supreme sacrifice, boundless courage and genuine patriotism, we have achieved our beloved motherland - independent and sovereign Bangladesh.
"This sacred National Memorial is an eternal monument of our national pride, sacrifice, unity and patriotism, which will forever inspire patriotism and nation-building."
"I commemorate with deep respect the heroic and independent proclaimers of the great Liberation War, martyr president Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, and national leader Begum Khaleda Zia. Their patriotism, leadership, and struggle to establish democracy will remain eternal in our national history," he wrote.
He also wrote, "We will all work together to build a peaceful, just, democratic, welfare-oriented and prosperous Bangladesh by upholding the spirit of the great liberation war, the ideals of the constitution and the dignity of the sacrifice of the brave martyrs - this is our pledge.
"May Almighty Allah grant forgiveness to the souls of the brave martyrs. And shower continued peace, prosperity and welfare on our beloved motherland Bangladesh. Amen. Long live Bangladesh."
Later, the president planted a Magnolia Grandiflora sapling, watered it, and left the National Memorial premises.
The President's Military Secretary Maj Gen ASM Bahauddin, Press Secretary Md Sarwar Alam, State Minister for Liberation War Affairs Ishraque Hossain, Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Khondkar Misbah Ul Azim, Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, and the Savar Cantonment GOC were present, among others, at that time.
