Bangabandhu Military Museum will inspire youths: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the state of the art Bangabandhu Military Museum (BMM) would inspire the young generation to join the armed forces to protect the country's independence and sovereignty.

"Young generation will be encouraged being imbued with patriotism by the Bangabandhu Military Museum and to join the armed forces---army, navy and air forces---to defend the country's independence and sovereignty," she said.

She came up with the statements while inaugurating the museum virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence on Thursday, reports BSS.

The premier said the museum would be a milestone initiative for the country's armed forces through which the youths would know about the armed forces' contribution to the independence alongside the real history of the great Liberation War.

It would also be a "place of inspiration" for the armed forces personnel who have been working in various peacekeeping missions abroad to maintain the global peace, she mentioned.

She said, "They (Bangladeshi peacekeepers) will get self-satisfaction through establishment of the museum."

The prime minister said that her government would make the museum more modern and time-befitting as it would be the world's best military museum for its beauty and technology.

She added separate galleries for the army, navy and air forces to showcase their glory and contribution to the Liberation War, peace keeping missions and other works will attract the youths to join the armed forces with a patriotic zeal to protect the country's independence and sovereignty.

But, the reality is that Bangladesh believes and maintains the foreign policy "Friendship to all, malice to none" adopted by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she said.