Desk Report
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the Navy, for the first time, would be getting two submarines to help the navy become more of a “three-dimensional” force, reports BSS.
“The much awaited two submarines would be added to the navy fleet this year and it would transform the navy into a three dimensional force,” the Prime Minister said while addressing the commissioning ceremony of three new naval warships at the Naval Berth of Bangladesh Naval Academy in Chittagong reports UNB. The Prime Minister further went on to say that, the government started projects to build warships within the country, at Chittagong Dry Dock. “Our government wants to develop Bangladesh Navy as a more powerful force and will provide it all necessary supports to this end”, she further went on to say.
She also said that it was during the tenure of the present government that maritime helicopters and maritime patrol aircrafts were inducted into the navy. Two corvettes were being constructed in China for even further modernization of the Navy she said.
The Prime Minister stressed the importance of properly utilizing valuable resources from the sea such as fish, mineral oil, and natural gas among others as they are very important for the country’s national economy as well as the socio-economic development of the country said further reports.
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