Navy gets new chief

Rear Admiral Khondkar Misbah ul Azim has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff, according to a statement issued by the ISPR on Thursday.

He will be promoted to Vice Admiral on 23 July, and assume his new role on the same day, ISPR added.

Earlier in the day, the Bangladesh Army accorded the guard of honour on outgoing Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Nazmul Hassan during his courtesy visit to the Army Headquarters in the Dhaka Cantonment.

During the visit, Admiral M Nazmul Hassan paid a farewell courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman.

At the meeting, the two chiefs exchanged greetings and discussed various issues of mutual interest concerning their respective services, the Bangladesh Army said in a Facebook post.

They also discussed strengthening and consolidating the mutual trust between the Army and Navy, professionalism and overall inter-service cooperation.

The Army chief wished the outgoing Navy chief good health and every success in his future endeavours.