Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh Navy would be
equipped with 'submarine with base facilities' to make it a 'deterrent
force'. Two maritime patrol aircrafts will also be added to navy by this April, she said while commissioning the first locally built patrol craft ‘BNS Padma’ at Naval Base at Khalishpur in Khulna.
The prime minister said her government has bought several ships and among those some were upgraded to modern missile boats in last fiscal year.
Special naval force SWADS has been formed to play an active role in protecting maritime boundary, she added.
As part of short-term policy to modernise the navy, two helicopters and several missiles were procured to make BNS Bangabandhu, a frigate, upgraded, Hasina said.
The premier added that two highly modernised large patrol crafts fitted with missiles are now being given final touches in China while tanker for carrying fuel on waterway in country is almost complete.
“Five patrol crafts are being built at Khulna Shipyard among which, ‘BNS Padma’ is added to Bangladesh Navy today,” the prime minister said.
She also urged the navy personnel to keep vigil to protect the country’s maritime boundary as some powerful countries are emerging circling the maritime boundary.
The PM will join a rally on Khulna Circuit House ground from where she is expected to inaugurate 12 development projects.
The projects awaiting inauguration include reopening of Daulatpur Jute Mill, inauguration of newly built academic complex of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet), newly built Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dormitory and new building of student welfare centre at Kuet, newly built cricket test venue at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, new building of student dormitory and monument “Adamya Bangla”, Khulna Divisional Women Sports Complex hostel, Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority residences, newly built female student dormitory -- Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam hall at Khulna Medical College and new residential building of Khulna Shishu Hospital.
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