Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the first submarine base of Bangladesh ‘BNS Sheikh Hasina’ at Pekua in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. Hailing the newly inaugurated naval base as an ‘ultra modern submarine base’,

• Prime Minister called the event a proud chapter in the history of Bangladesh navy.
• Inaugurating the submarine base virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka, Prime Minister Hasina said that the newly commissioned submarine base would help navy increase its operational capacity to secure the vast marine resources.
• Ships passing through the Bay of Bengal also can take help from the base, said Sheikh Hasina.