A five-member delegation of the Bangladesh Armed Forces left Dhaka on Wednesday to participate in the relief and salvage operations in cyclone-hit Myanmar.
Under the government decision, the Armed Forces team, led by Brig Gen Taslim Uddin Khan, flew to the cyclone-ravaged country by a BAF-130 transport aircraft, an ISPR release said.
The chief of air staff, Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman, saw the team off at Kurmitola Air Base. The Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh, U Nyan Lynn, the Quarter Master General of the Bangladesh Army, Lt Gen Jahangir Alam Choudhury, and senior military officials were present on the occasion.
The delegation will hand over relief goods to the Myanmar authorities on behalf of the Bangladesh government as a gesture of friendship and deepest sympathy for the neighbouring country.
The relief items include potato, medicine, oral saline, water-purification tablets, Burmese thami, lungis, pant, napkins and other clothes and shelter items.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
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