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PM at graduation ceremony of DSCSC

Govt wants sub-regional economic cooperation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government wants to develop economic and trade relations with the neighbouring countries through "sub-regional economic cooperation", reports UNB.
We are determined to uphold the principles of the SAARC. We are also interested in subregional cooperation to develop economic and trade relations with our neighbours." she said.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the Graduation Ceremony of the 21st Army Staff Course, the 15th Naval Staff Course and the 17th Air Staff Course of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) at Mirpur in the morning.
Sheikh Hasina reiterated that "Friendship to all and malice to none" is the guiding principle of the government's foreign policy as advocated by Father of the Nation Banga-bandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rah
She said her government expected to develop economic and trade relations besides continuing efforts to build a society free from poverty and hunger through-sub-rc^ional economic cooperation.
Referring to the necessity of strong armed forces, the Prime Minister said Bangabandhu felt the need for a strong, efficients and patriotic armed forces for the maintenance and preservation of independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh.
She said DSCSC has contributed immensely towards realising his dream and expressed her happiness that the college has attained a very high standard and has been acclaimed Internationally. "Our DSCSC can be compared with similar Institutions all over the world."
Hasina hoped that the knowledge the students acquire from this college would guide them to persue a truly professional career and would enable them to perform greater and more arduous tasks in future.
Hasina hoped that in addition to discharging the onerous and sacred responsibility of upholding the sovereignty the armed forces would work hard and Join hands with the general mass in disaster management and poverty alleviation programmes.
Earlier on her arrival, the Prime Minister was received by Defence Secretary Kazi Md Munzur-i-Mowla and Commandant of the Staff College Major General AM Mansur Ahmed.
A total of 119 officers including 26 from China. India, Indonesia. Malaysia. Nepal. Nigeria. Pakistan. Saudi Arabia. Sri Lanka, Thailand. Turkey and the USA graduated this year from the college.
The Prime Minister distributed certificates among the graduateri students.
The DSCSC Commandant gave a brief resume of the courses of the college. He said a total of 1.124 officers including 258 from 25 countries received graduation from this college in last 19 years after it was set up In December 1977.
Sayedur Rahman a deed-writer and another witness in the case also submitted his deposition.
Till today 47 out of 55 witnesses submitted depositions in the cdurt.
The court will sit on February 15 for the next hearings in the ease.