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The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government 's security and defence strategies and defending the nation's territorial integrity against external attack.
The Bangladesh Armed Forces ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী, romanized : Bangladesh Sashastra Bahinī) are the combined military forces of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It consists of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force ...
9th Infantry Division was raised on 20 November 1976 [5] in Dhaka Cantonment as the first division of the Bangladesh Army. The division started under the command of Major General Mir Shawkat Ali, headquartered at Sher-e-Bangla Nagor in Dhaka. At first, the division had 77th Infantry Brigade, 81st Infantry Brigade and 29th East Bengal Regiment ...
Service number. BA-2496 [3] Sheikh Mohammad Shafiuddin Ahmed (born 1 December 1963) [1] is a four star general of the Bangladesh Army and the current Chief of Army Staff (CAS) of the Bangladesh Army since June 2021. [4] [5] Prior to his appointment as CAS, he served as the quartermaster general (QMG) of Bangladesh Army as a lieutenant general.
The 10th Infantry Division ( Bengali: ১০ম পদাতিক ডিভিশন) is a formation of the Bangladesh Army and one of the three divisions of Chittagong Division. It's located in the city of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. It was formed as part of the development vision of Bangladesh Armed Forces Forces Goal 2030 .
Bangladesh Military Academy ( BMA) [1] is the military training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometers north of Chittagong. The academy is situated on the slopes of the Sitakunda hill ranges and the ...
Army IBA was established by the BUP Act 2009 on January 15, 2015, by the Bangladesh Army, under the supervision of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and was inaugurated on March 5, 2015, by the former Education Minister, Nurul Islam Nahid. The founding Director of Army IBA was Brigadier General A.K.M. Showkat Hasan (Retd).
Bangladeshi paratroopers descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, during exercise Cope South over Bangladesh, Nov. 12, 2013. In 1976, special warfare wing was established at Chittagong Cantonment. Later, it was shifted to the Jalalabad Cantonment. From then this wing started working under the Bangladesh Army School of Infantry and Tactics.