President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir paid tribute to the martyrs of the great Liberation War on Saturday.
He laid a wreath at the National Memorial in Savar shortly after 10:15 a.m. and paid his respects. After paying tribute, he stood there in silence for a while.
A smart contingent of the army, navy and air force gave the newly elected president a guard of honor, while a bugler played a mournful tune.
After the tribute ceremony, the president signed the visitors’ book kept at the memorial premises. He then planted a sapling on the National Memorial grounds.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP’s former secretary general, was sworn in as the country’s 23rd president at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban on Friday night, August 21. Acting Speaker Barrister Kaiser Kamal administered his oath.
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