On Thursday (October 10, 2024), the delegation of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation paid a courtesy call on the army chief at the headquarters. On 16th October 2024, the second largest religious festival of Buddhists, ‘Shubh Prabarna’, is going to be held. All Buddhist people of the world including Bangladesh celebrate the festival with great religious dignity and solemnity.

On this occasion, various programs were organized for Buddhists in Buddhist villages, townships and viharas for a week. In order to maintain the atmosphere of peace, order and harmony during the festival, the delegation of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation paid a courtesy call on the army chief and invited the army chief to participate in the festival. At this time, the army chief promised to provide financial and security cooperation on the occasion of celebrating ‘Shubh Prabarna’ and ‘Kathin Chibardan’ in Chittagong Hill Tracts as well as in the plains.

Apart from this, he personally assured to take all measures to ensure security for celebrating festivals in Chittagong Hill Tracts and thanked the members of the delegation. Bangladesh Army is working intensively to ensure the security of minority communities. At present, on the occasion of autumn Durga Puja, the army is deployed in districts across the country to ensure the security of the places of worship. Every Bangladeshi irrespective of caste and religion will celebrate their respective religious festivals in a very festive atmosphere – this is the expectation of the Bangladesh Army.