DHAKA: Two warships of Bangladesh Navy have left Chittagong naval jetty on Sunday (September 18) for a goodwill visit to India and Sri Lanka.

The visit of warships ‘Somudra Joy’ and ‘Somudra Avijan’ will be a gesture of fostering goodwill contribution to the deepening friendship of Bangladesh with the two countries.

Assistant chief of naval staff (personnel) Rear Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, Chittagong naval region commander Rear Admiral Akhtar Habib, naval officers, mariners and their family members, among others, attended the ceremony at the jetty to see the delegation off.

As part of the training program, the 511-member naval delegation will stay at Port Blair from September 21 to 25 and in Colombo Port from September 29 to October 4, said a navy press release.

According to the release, the visits aim to train the new officials and cadets as well as strengthen the existing friendly relations between the two countries.

Captain M Humayun Kabir will be the commanding officer of the ship ‘Somudra Joy’ and Captain M Qamrul Haque Chowdhury of ‘Somudra Avijan’.

The ships will return on October 9, the release added.

BDST: 1645 HRS, SEP 18, 2016
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