Dhaka, April 18 -- Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed on Thursday said Bangladesh Army is doing everything in contributing to achieving Bangladesh's foreign policy and helping the country become a Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

"It is our duty to defend our motherland, to maintain sovereignty of the country and we remain prepared for that. We are doing everything," he said.

The army chief made the remarks while speaking at a seminar titled "Defence Diplomacy: Strategy for Bangladesh" hosted by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) at its auditorium.

Mentioning Bangabandhu's foreign policy dictum "Friendship to all, malice towards none" he...