The government has renamed five ships of Bangladesh Coast Guard, one of which was originally named “Joy Bangla” and the remaining four after the four national leaders.
A notification in this regard was issued by the home ministry (border-3 branch) on Thursday.
According to the notification, the previous names of five ships of Coast Guard have been changed and new names set.
Among the vessels, BCGS Joy Bangla has been renamed BCGS Adamya Bangla, BCGS Syed Nazrul has been changed to BCGS Firoz Kabir, BCGS Tajuddin to BCGS Nurul Islam, BCGS Mansur Ali to BCGS M Humayun Kabir, and BCGS Kamaruzzaman has been renamed BCGS Ashraf Siddiqui.
The new names will take effect immediately.
