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Bangladesh Army appoints four female officers as battalion chiefs
Bangladesh Army has for the first time appointed four female officers as battalion commanding officers.
Published : 24 Jan 2019, 06:24 PM
Updated : 24 Jan 2019, 06:24 PM
The four officers - Sanjida Hossain, Syeda Nazia Royhan and Farhana Afrin, and Sarah Amir – have been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel.
Army Chief of Staff General Aziz Ahmed adorned them with the Lt Col rank badges at a ceremony at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka on Thursday, the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate or ISPR said in a media release.
“A new chapter has opened in Bangladesh Army,” the ISPR said.
The army has been appointing female officers in long courses since 2000.
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