President reaches ‘Samudra Joy’ to witness Navy’s annual exercise

President Md. Abdul Hamid has reached Bangladesh’s largest warship, ‘Samudra Joy’, to see the Navy’s annual exercise.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 27 Jan 2015, 09:03 AM
Updated : 27 Jan 2015, 10:44 AM

The final phase of the 16-day ‘Exercise Sea Thunder-2015’ commenced on Tuesday noon. To witness the exercise, the Hamid reached the warship in a speed boat from Chittagong.

Navy Chief Vice Admiral M Farid Habib, BN Flotilla Commodore M Khaled Iqbal and the Captain of ‘Samudra Joy’ WH Kutubuddin welcomed the president.

The president will witness a 2-hour exercise to be conducted over an area of 65 km in the sea.

After its completion, the president would address the officers at the Chittagong Naval Base.