Editing Bangladesh Armed Forces

{{short description|Combined military forces of Bangladesh}}
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| name = Bangladesh Armed Forces
| native_name = {{lang|bn|বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Bāṅlādēś Sôśôstrô Bāhinī}}
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| caption = [[Crest (heraldry)|Crest]] of Bangladesh Armed Forces
| image2 = [[File:Bangladesh Armed Forces Flag.svg|180px]]
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| caption2 = [[List of Bangladeshi flags|Flag]] of Bangladesh Armed Forces
| motto = {{lang|bn|চির উন্নত মম শির}} {{small|(de facto)}}<br />{{small|("Ever High is My Head")}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1971|11|21|df=yes}}
| current_form = {{start date and age|1972|01|12|df=yes}}
| branches = {{army|Bangladesh}}<br />{{navy|Bangladesh}}<br />{{air force|Bangladesh}}
| headquarters = Armed Forces Division Headquarters, [[Dhaka Cantonment]]
| website = {{URL|afd.gov.bd}} - {{URL|ispr.gov.bd}}
<!-- Leadership -->| commander-in-chief = {{flagicon image|Flag of the President of Bangladesh.svg}} [[President of Bangladesh|President]] [[Shahabuddin Chuppu|Mohammed Shahabuddin]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[Commander-in-chief#Bangladesh|Commander-in-Chief]]
| chief minister = {{flagicon image|Standard of the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.svg}} [[Chief Adviser of Bangladesh|Chief Adviser]] [[Muhammad Yunus]]
| chief minister_title = [[Minister of Defence (Bangladesh)|Minister of Defence]]
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| chief_of_staff =    {{Flagicon image|Bangladesh Armed Forces Flag.svg|size=23px}} [[Lieutenant general (Bangladesh)|Lieutenant General]] [[SM Kamrul Hassan]]
| chief_of_staff_title = [[Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)|Principal Staff Officer]]
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| age = 18 years
| conscription = No<ref>{{cite web|title=South Asia :: Bangladesh — The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bangladesh/|website=un.org|publisher=CIA|access-date=24 January 2021|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730024842/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bangladesh/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| reaching = 3,176,505<ref>{{cite news |title=Manpower Reaching Military Age Annually (2020) |url=https://www.globalfirepower.com/manpower-reaching-military-age-annually.asp |access-date=19 June 2020 |work=Global Fire Power (GFP) |language=en}}</ref>
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| active = 204,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=নিজস্ব |date=8 June 2017 |script-title=bn:সশস্ত্রবাহিনীর মোট সদস্য সংখ্যা দুই লাখ চার হাজার ৫৯৬ জন |trans-title=The total number of members of the armed forces is 2 lakh 4 thousand 596 people |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/news/2017/06/08/238362 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]] |language=bn |quote=আইনমন্ত্রী আনিসুল হক বলেছেন, সশস্ত্র বাহিনীর মোট সদস্য সংখ্যা বর্তমানে দুই লাখ চার হাজার ৫৯৬ জন। এর মধ্যে ১ লাখ ৬২ হাজার ১২৫ জন সেনাবাহিনী। ২৫ হাজার ৮১ জন নৌবাহিনীর এবং ১৭ হাজার ৩৯০ জন বিমান বাহিনীর সদস্য। |trans-quote=Law Minister Anisul Haque said that the total number of members of the armed forces is currently two lakh four thousand 596. Among them 1 lakh 62 thousand 125 soldiers. 25 thousand 81 members of Navy and 17 thousand 390 members of Air Force.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dailysangram.com/post/287234-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0|script-title=bn:সশস্ত্র বাহিনীর সদস্য সংখ্যা ২ লাখ ৪ হাজার ৫৯৬ জন|date=8 June 2017|language=bn-BD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230124107/https://dailysangram.com/post/287234-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6|archive-date=30 December 2019|access-date=22 August 2024|url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Sangram]]}}</ref>
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| deployed = 10,736 for [[United Nations peacekeeping]]
| amount = 
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| domestic_suppliers = {{hidden
|''List''
| headerstyle=background:#b0c4de
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* [[Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory]]
* [[Bangladesh Ordnance Factories]]
* [[Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre]]
* [[Khulna Shipyard Limited]]
* [[Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited|Dockyard and Engineering Works]]
* [[Chittagong Dry Dock Limited]]
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| imports = {{Currency|754 million|USD|passthrough=yes|linked=no}} (2011–2020)
| exports = <!-- Related articles -->
| history = {{ubl|[[Bangladesh War of Liberation]]|[[1972-1975 Bangladesh insurgency]]|[[Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict|Chittagong Hill Tracts Insurgency]]|[[Gulf War]]|[[Operation Clean Heart]]|[[Operation Devil Hunt]]}}
| ranks = [[Military ranks of Bangladesh]]
}}

[[File:Victory Day Parade, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2011.jpg|thumb|Bangladesh Army during [[Victory day of Bangladesh|Victory Day]] Parade 2011]]

The '''Bangladesh Armed Forces''' ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী|Bāṅlādēś Sôśôstrô Bāhinī}}) are the [[Armed forces|military forces]] of the [[Bangladesh|People's Republic of Bangladesh]]. They consist of the three uniformed military services: the [[Bangladesh Army]], the [[Bangladesh Navy]], and the [[Bangladesh Air Force]]. The Armed Forces are under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Defence]] of the [[Government of Bangladesh]], and are directly administered by the [[Armed Forces Division]] of the [[Prime Minister's Office (Bangladesh)|Prime Minister's Office]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://afd.gov.bd/about-afd |title=About AFD |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=[[Armed Forces Division]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830072058/http://www.afd.gov.bd:80/about-afd |archive-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> The [[President of Bangladesh]] serves as the [[Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-Chief]] of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. Bangladesh has the third-largest defence budget in [[South Asia]]. The Bangladeshi military is also the 35th strongest in the world and the third most powerful military force in [[South Asia]].<ref>2025 Bangladesh Military Strength. Published by GFP</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.india.com/news/world/indian-army-vs-bangladesh-army-how-powerful-is-neighbouring-countrys-army-can-they-beat-india-in-7535987/|title=Indian Army vs Bangladesh Army: Can Yunus's army beat India? How powerful is Bangladesh Army?|date=January 14, 2025}}</ref> [[Border Guard Bangladesh]] and [[Bangladesh Coast Guard]] are under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mha.gov.bd/ |title=Ministry of Home Affairs - Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |date=16 December 1971 |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815172719/http://www.mha.gov.bd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> during peacetime, but during wartime, they fall under the command of the [[Bangladesh Army]] and the [[Bangladesh Navy]], respectively.

Military policy is formulated and executed by the [[Armed Forces Division]] (AFD), whereas the [[Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Defence]] (MoD) does not exercise any operational or policy authority over the Armed Forces. Since independence, the AFD and MoD have been led by the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]]. To coordinate military policy with foreign and intelligence policy, both the President and the Prime Minister are advised by a six-member advisory board, which consists of the three military services' [[Chief of staff#Military|Chiefs of Staff]], the [[Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)|Principal Staff Officer]] of the Armed Forces Division, and military secretaries to the President and the Prime Minister. The directors-general of the [[National Security Intelligence|NSI]], the [[Directorate General of Forces Intelligence|DGFI]], and the [[Border Guard Bangladesh|BGB]] also serve in an advisory capacity when invited.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-71355|title=Hasina attends office at Armed Forces Division|date=15 January 2009|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224951/http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-71355|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/lt-gen-mahfuzur-new-principal-staff-officer-armed-forces-division-211615|title=Lt Gen Mahfuzur new principal staff officer of Armed Forces Division|date=3 February 2016|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811055758/http://www.thedailystar.net/city/lt-gen-mahfuzur-new-principal-staff-officer-armed-forces-division-211615|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Armed Forces Day#Bangladesh|Armed Forces Day]] is observed on 21 November and commemorates the founding of the three services of the Armed Forces, who subsequently initiated a joint [[military operation]] against the occupying [[Pakistani Armed Forces]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name="bss">{{cite news|date=20 November 2002|title=Govt will continue efforts to modernise armed forces: PM|newspaper=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|url=http://www.bssnews.net/index.php?genID=BSS-01-2002-11-20&id=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121312/http://www.bssnews.net/index.php?genID=BSS-01-2002-11-20&id=7|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/armed-forces-day-today-175651|title=Armed Forces Day today|date=21 November 2015|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224915/http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/armed-forces-day-today-175651|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Official functions]] are held across the country, including at [[Bangabhaban]], the Armed Forces Division Headquarters at [[Dhaka Cantonment]], all military cantonments, and at every military installation throughout Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-115138|title=Significance of Armed Forces Day|date=22 November 2009|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=3 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003224927/http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-115138|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|Military history of Bangladesh}}

===Eastern wing of Pakistan===
{{See also|East Bengal Regiment}}
With the [[partitioning of India]] on 15 August 1947, the territory constituting modern Bangladesh was [[1947 Partition of Bengal|partitioned]] from the province of [[Bengal]] as [[East Bengal]], joining the newly created state of [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]. Ethnic and sectional discrimination prevailed in all sectors of the state. Like other government sectors, Bengalis were under-represented in the Pakistani military too. Officers of Bengali origin in the different wings of the armed forces made up just 5% of overall force by 1965.<ref name="Library">{{cite book |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |date=1989 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=207 |chapter=Pakistan Era |access-date=23 March 2020 |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter-url=https://www.loc.gov/item/89600298/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171656/http://www.loc.gov/item/89600298/ |archive-date=4 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> West Pakistanis believed that Bengalis were not "martially inclined" unlike [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] and [[Punjabi people|Punjabis]]; the "[[Martial Race]]s" notion was dismissed as ridiculous and humiliating by Bengalis.<ref name="Library" /> Moreover, despite huge defence spending, [[East Pakistan]] received none of the benefits, such as contracts, purchasing and military support jobs. The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] over [[Kashmir]] also highlighted the sense of military insecurity among Bengalis as only an under-strength [[infantry]] division and 15 [[combat aircraft]] without [[tank]] support were in East Pakistan to repel any Indian retaliations during the conflict.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/dec/demons.htm |title=Demons of December — Road from East Pakistan to Bangladesh |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609122558/http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/dec/demons.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Jahan |first=Rounaq |author-link=Rounaq Jahan |date=1972 |title=Pakistan: Failure in National Integration |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |pages=166–167 |isbn=0-231-03625-6}}</ref>

The [[East Bengal Regiment]] was formed on 15 February 1948 following Pakistan's independence and transition from post British rule, composed exclusively of men from the western part of the country. The first East Bengal Regiment was composed of Bengali members of the ''British Indian Army Pioneer Corps'' and ''Bihar Regiment'' of the abolished ''British-Indian army''. Between 1948 and 1965, a total of eight battalions of EBR were raised.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/maj-abdul-gani-49729|title=Maj Abdul Gani|date=11 November 2014|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=6 October 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005201423/http://www.thedailystar.net/maj-abdul-gani-49729|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/05war.htm|title=The 1965 War: A view from the east|work=Rediff.com|access-date=2017-12-13|archive-date=28 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528204404/http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/05war.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Bangladesh War of Independence===
{{Main|Bangladesh War of Independence}}
[[File:March71.PNG|thumb|Location of Bengali and Pakistani military units in March 1971]]
[[File:Bangladesh Military Museum - 3.7 inch howitzer.jpg|thumb|[[QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer]]s used by the [[Mukti Bahini]]]]
Following the victory of the [[Awami League]] in the 1970 elections, then-president General [[Yahya Khan]] refused to appoint its leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] as the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister]] and launched a brutal attack named ''[[Operation Searchlight]]'' on the Bengali nationalists of the then East Pakistan, using the [[Pakistan Army]] to repress political movements.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bose |first=Sarmila |date=8 October 2005 |title=Anatomy of Violence: Analysis of Civil War in East Pakistan in 1971 |url=http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=10&filename=9223&filetype=html |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301084941/http://www.epw.org.in/showArticles.php?root=2005&leaf=10&filename=9223&filetype=html |archive-date=1 March 2007}}</ref> The number of people killed by Pakistani forces vary from a minimum of around 300,000 to a maximum of around 3&nbsp;million.<ref name=MathewWhite>Matthew White's ''[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm#Bangladesh Death Tolls for the Major Wars and Atrocities of the Twentieth Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609095015/http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat2.htm#Bangladesh |date=9 June 2007 }}''</ref><ref>[http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/history/holocaust.html Virtual Bangladesh : History : The Bangali Genocide, 1971] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723203401/http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/history/holocaust.html|date=23 July 2011}}</ref> Responding to Mujib's call for rebellion, many students, workers and other civilians mutinied against Pakistan and raised the [[Mukti Bahini]], a [[Guerilla warfare|guerrilla force]]. Later on, many Bengali officers and units from the Pakistan Army and [[East Pakistan Rifles]] mutinied against their West Pakistani counterparts and joined the Mukti Bahini.<ref name="Rule">{{cite book |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/ |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |date=1989 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |pages=37–40 |chapter=Zia's regime |access-date=23 March 2020 |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/21.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622211513/http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/21.htm |archive-date=22 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UB">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Mukti Bahini}}</ref><ref name="II">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Bangladesh Air Force}}</ref> On 17 April 1971, [[Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani|M. A. G Osmani]] took oath as the commander-in-chief of Mukti Bahini. While the war raged on, the necessity of a well-trained armed force was always felt. During the first Bangladesh Sector Commanders Conference, held from 11 to 17 July 1971, the [[Mukti Bahini|Bangladesh Forces]] started its journey composed of the revolting Bengali members of the Pakistan Army and [[East Pakistan Rifles|EPR]].<ref name="bengalrenaissance1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bengalrenaissance.com/war.html |title=Bangladesh War of Independence |website= |access-date=3 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226034525/http://www.bengalrenaissance.com/war.html |archive-date=26 December 2017}}</ref> In this historic conference the field command structure, sector reorganization, reinforcement, appointment of field commanders and tactics of warfare were decided upon and carried out. On 21 November 1971, the Bangladesh Forces was divided into three separate services as [[Bangladesh Army]], [[Bangladesh Navy]] and [[Bangladesh Air Force]].

The Bangladesh Forces received modest assistance from the Indian Government soon after the start of the war, On 3 December 1971, the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|India-Pakistan war]] broke out and Indian troops entered Bangladesh allied with the Bangladesh Armed Forces.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2015/the-tangail-landings-signal-victory-73754|title=The Tangail Landings: A signal for victory|date=26 March 2015|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004041040/http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2015/the-tangail-landings-signal-victory-73754|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 December 1971, the [[Pakistani Instrument of Surrender|Pakistani military surrendered]] to the joint Indian and Bangladesh forces.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-261277|title=Witnessing the surrender|date=16 December 2012|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=3 October 2017|language=en|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035335/http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-261277|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Post-independence ===
{{See also|Military coups in Bangladesh|Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict}}
The newly formed Bangladeshi armed forces incorporated some of the units and guerrillas of the Mukti Bahini.<ref name="LC">{{cite book |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |date=1989 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=211 |chapter=Postindependence Period |access-date=23 March 2020 |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter-url=https://www.loc.gov/item/89600298/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171656/http://www.loc.gov/item/89600298/ |archive-date=4 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Gen. Osmani, who had led the Mukti Bahini was appointed the [[Military of Bangladesh|General of the Bangladesh armed forces]].<ref name="OT">{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Muazzam Hussain |year=2012 |chapter=Osmany, General Mohammad Ataul Ghani |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Osmany,_General_Mohammad_Ataul_Ghani |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=17 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617084932/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Osmany,_General_Mohammad_Ataul_Ghani |url-status=live }}</ref> For many years, there was active discrimination in favour of the inductees from the Mukti Bahini against those Bengali officers who had continued service in the Pakistani armed forces or had been detained in [[West Pakistan]].<ref name="LC"/><ref name="GF">{{cite book |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/ |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |date=1989 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |pages=32–36 |chapter=Mujib coup |access-date=23 March 2020 |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622211513/http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/21.htm |archive-date=22 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> A group of angered officers [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassinated]] the president Sheikh Mujib on 15 August 1975 and established a regime with politician [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmed]] as [[President of Bangladesh]] and new [[Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army|army chief]] Maj. Gen. [[Ziaur Rahman]].<ref name="GF"/> The military itself was subject of divisions as Mujib's assassins were overthrown by the pro-Mujib Brig. Gen. [[Khaled Mosharraf]] on 3 November, who himself was soon overthrown by a socialist group of officers under Col. [[Abu Taher]] on 7 November who returned Ziaur Rahman to power—an event now called the ''[[National Revolution and Solidarity Day|Sipoy-Janata Biplob]]'' (''Soldiers and People's Coup'').<ref name="JSTOR3">{{cite journal |last=Islam |first=Syed Serajul |date=May 1984 |title=The State in Bangladesh under Zia (1975–81) |journal=Asian Survey |publisher=University of California Press |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=556–573 |jstor=2644413 |doi=10.2307/2644413}}</ref> Under the presidency of Ziaur Rahman, the military was reorganised to remove conflicts between rival factions and discontented cadre.<ref name="VS">{{cite book |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/ |title=Bangladesh: A Country Study |date=1989 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |editor1-last=Heitzman |editor1-first=James |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |pages=36–37 |chapter=Restoration of Military Rule |access-date=23 March 2020 |editor2-last=Worden |editor2-first=Robert |chapter-url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/20.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622211513/http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/21.htm |archive-date=22 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, Ziaur Rahman was himself overthrown in a [[Assassination of Ziaur Rahman|1981 coup attempt]],<ref name="killing">{{cite magazine |title=Bangladesh: Death at Night |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922557,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930092059/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922557,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=8 June 1981 |access-date=10 September 2006 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> and a year later, Lt. Gen. [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]] took power from the elected government of president [[Abdus Sattar (president)|Abdus Sattar]]. The military remained the most important force in national politics under the regimes of Ziaur Rahman and later Hossain Mohammad Ershad until democracy was restored in 1991.<ref name="VS"/>

=== Modern period ===
{{See also|Bangladesh UN Peacekeeping Force}}
[[File:Bdunmsn3.jpg|thumb|Bangladeshi peacekeepers in [[Darfur]], [[Sudan]]]]
Having relied primarily on [[India]] and the [[Soviet Union]] for military aid, Bangladesh has also developed military ties with the [[People's Republic of China]] and the [[United States]]. The Bangladesh Army has been actively involved in United Nations Peace Support Operations (UNPSO). During the first [[Gulf War]] in 1991, the Bangladesh Army sent a 2,193 member team to monitor peace in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]]. The Bangladesh Army also participated in peace keeping activities in [[Namibia]], [[Cambodia]], [[Somalia]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Mozambique]], former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Liberia]], [[Haiti]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Western Sahara]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Kosovo]], Georgia, [[East Timor]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]] and [[Ethiopia]]. As of October 2008, Bangladesh remained the second largest contributor with 9,800 troops in the UN Peacekeeping forces.

Until a peace accord was signed in 1997, the Bangladeshi military engaged in [[counterinsurgency]] operations in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] fighting the [[Shanti Bahini]] separatist group. In 2001, Bangladeshi military units [[2001 Indian-Bangladeshi border conflict|engaged in clashes]] with the Indian [[Border Security Force]] (BSF) along the northern border.<ref name="IBG">{{cite news |title=India-Bangladesh border conflict |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1283068.stm |date=18 April 2001 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020102522/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1283068.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several projects and schemes aiming to expand and modernize the Bangladeshi armed forces were launched by the government of former Prime Minister [[Begum Khaleda Zia]].

[[Forces Goal 2030]] was launched by the government of Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]] to secure new equipment for the Bangladeshi military.

===Bangladesh-Myanmar border===
Standoffs have occasionally occurred at the [[Bangladesh-Myanmar border]], including in 1991 and 2008. Most of the standoffs took place, when Myanmar attempted to force [[Rohingya people|Rohingyas]] into Bangladesh. In 2008, the two countries deployed warships after Myanmar attempted to explore a disputed Bay of Bengal seabed for oil and gas. The dispute was resolved at an international tribunal in 2012. Bangladesh and Myanmar have also conducted [[counter-insurgency]] operations on the border.
* [[2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff]]
* [[2015 Bangladesh-Arakan Army border clash]]

==Medals and decorations==
{{Main|Military awards and decorations of Bangladesh}}
The following are the various gallantry, service and war medals of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medals.org.uk/bangladesh/bangladesh-ribbons.htm |title=ODM of Bangladesh: Ribbon Chart |website=Medals of the World |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080255/http://www.medals.org.uk/bangladesh/bangladesh-ribbons.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medals.org.uk/bangladesh/bangladesh-text.htm |title=Text List of Ribbons |website=Medals of the World |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062235/http://www.medals.org.uk/bangladesh/bangladesh-text.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/Bangladesh.htm |title=Orders, Decorations and Medals of Bangladesh |website=Jean-Paul LeBlanc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730020413/http://www.jeanpaulleblanc.com/Bangladesh.htm |archive-date=2014-07-30}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=August 2023}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil.bd/node/7 |title=Medals |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701131213/http://www.army.mil.bd/node/7 |archive-date=1 July 2014}} Army Medal Lists: Official</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/asia/bangladesh.gif |title=Asian Medals: Bangladesh |website=Militaria |access-date=15 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162610/http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/asia/bangladesh.gif |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=April 2020}}

=== Gallantry awards ===
* [[File:Bir Sreshtho ribbon.svg|80px]] '''[[Bir Sreshtho]]'''-({{langx|bn|বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ}}; literally, "The Most Valiant Hero"), the highest gallantry award
* [[File:Bir Uttom ribbon.svg|80px]] '''[[Bir Uttom]]'''- ({{langx|bn|বীর উত্তম}}; literally, "Better among Braves"), the second highest gallantry award
* [[File:Bir Bikrom.svg|80px]] '''[[Bir Bikrom]]'''- ({{langx|bn|বীর বিক্রম}}; literally, "Valiant hero"), the third highest gallantry award
* [[File:Bir Protik ribbon.svg|80px]] '''[[Bir Protik]]'''- ({{langx|bn|বীর প্রতীক}}; literally, "Symbol of Bravery or Idol of Courage"), the fourth highest gallantry award

===Service medals===
* [[File:Bangladesh Order of Military Merit ribbon.svg|80px]] '''[[Order of Military Merit (Bangladesh)|Order of Military Merit]]'''
* [[File:Jestha Padak I.svg|80px]] '''Jestha Padak I (10 years service)'''
* [[File:Jestha Padak II.svg|80px]] '''Jestha Padak II (20 years service)'''
* [[File:Jestha Padak III.svg|80px]] '''Jestha Padak III (30 years service)'''

==Current deployments==
[[File:BangladeshMilitaryUN PeacekeepingForce.jpg|thumb|Map of Bangladeshi Military UN Peacekeeping Force]]
Bangladesh has consistently made large contributions to United Nations [[peacekeeping]] operations. As of May 2007, Bangladesh had major deployments in [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], [[Liberia]], [[Lebanon]], [[Sudan]], [[Timor-Leste]] and [[Côte d'Ivoire]].<ref>[https://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/contributors/2007/may07_3.pdf UN Mission's Summary detailed by Country] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327063031/http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/contributors/2007/may07_3.pdf |date=27 March 2009 }}, Monthly Summary of Contributors of Military and Civilian Police Personnel, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations, 31 May 2007</ref> With 10,736 troops deployed, it ranks first in personnel contributions to UN peacekeeping.<ref>[https://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/contributors/2007/may07_2.pdf Ranking of Military and Police Contributions to UN Operations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327063030/http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/contributors/2007/may07_2.pdf |date=27 March 2009 }}, Monthly Summary of Contributors of Military and Civilian Police Personnel, Department of Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations, 31 May 2007</ref> The government declined to participate in [[Iraq]] on a request from the [[United States]]. The deployment to Liberia began in October 2003 and has remained at a level of about 3,200 who are participating in peacekeeping, charitable activities and infrastructure development.

==Training==
Officers are trained and educated for three years at the [[Bangladesh Military Academy]], Bhatiary, [[Bangladesh Naval Academy]] at Patenga, both located in [[Chittagong]] and [[Bangladesh Air Force Academy]] located in [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]]. For advance training during their career, officers are sent to [[Bangladesh Defence Services Command and Staff College]] at Mirpur, while senior officers attend the [[National Defence College Bangladesh|National Defense University]] for [[Armed Forces War Course]]. Many attend the [[Military Institute of Science and Technology]] while serving. Officers of the Army Medical Corps are recruited after graduation from both military or civil medical colleges. They undergo basic military training at Bangladesh Military Academy followed by professional training in medical corps centre and Armed Forces Medical Institute. Recently cadets of [[Armed Forces Medical College (Bangladesh)|Armed Forces Medical College]] also started joining the services directly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangladesharmy.org/newahq/index5.php?category=49 |title=National Defence College |publisher=Bangladesharmy.org |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929010618/http://www.bangladesharmy.org/newahq/index5.php?category=49 |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref>

== Ranks ==
{{Main|Military ranks of Bangladesh}}
Bangladeshi military ranks, essentially corresponds to those used by the armed forces of the commonwealth nations.

The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the Armed forces respectively.

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== Organization ==

===Regular forces===
* [[Bangladesh Army]] (''Bangladesh Shena Bahini'')
* [[Bangladesh Navy]] (''Bangladesh Nou-bahini'')
* [[Bangladesh Air Force]] (''Bangladesh Biman Bahini'')

===Para-military forces===
* [[Border Guard Bangladesh]] (''BGB'')
* [[Bangladesh Coast Guard]]  (''BCG'')

===Civil forces and reserves===
* [[Bangladesh Ansar]]
* [[Village Defence Party]] (''VDP'')
* [[Bangladesh National Cadet Corps]] (''BNCC'')
* [[Bangladesh Police]]

===Specialized forces===
* [[President Guard Regiment]] (''PGR'') – [[Bangabhaban]] ([[President's Office (Bangladesh)|President's Office]])
* [[Special Security Force]] (''SSF'') – [[Prime Minister's Office (Bangladesh)|Prime Minister's Office]]
* [[Para-Commando Brigade (Bangladesh)|Para-Commando Brigade]] (The Cheetahs) – Under Command AHQ, [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh Army]]
* [[Special Warfare Diving And Salvage]] (''SWADS'') – [[Bangladesh Navy]]
* [[41 Squadron Airborne]] - [[Special Ground Combatants]] (SGC) – [[Bangladesh Air Force]]

=== Military districts ===
* Savar Area Command
* Ghatail Area Command,Tangail
* Bogra Area Command
* Rangpur Area Command
* Comilla Area Command
* Chittagong Area Command
* Ramu Area Command
* Jessore Area Command
* Sylhet Area Command
* Barisal Area Command
* [[ARTDOC|Army Training and Doctrine Command]]
* Army Logistics Area

[[Dhaka Cantonment]]
* HQ All Military Lands
* HQ Cantonment Boards
* HQ's of Bangladesh Army
* Armed Forces Division (AFD)
* 46 Independent Infantry Brigade
* 24 Independent Engineers Brigade
* 18 Engineers Brigade
* 6 Air Defence Brigade
* 14 Army Signal Brigade
* HQ, President's Guard Regiment
* Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB)
* HQ's Armed Forces Medical and Nursing Corps (AFMNC)
* Central Officer's Record Office (CORO)
* HQ's Armed Forces Recruiting Centre (AFRC)
* HQ's Cantonment Public Schools
* HQ's Armed Forces Library
* Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
* National Armed Forces Cemetery

=== Educational and training institutes ===
* [[Army Institute of Business Administration, Savar|Army Institute of Business Administration]] (Army IBA), [[Savar Cantonment]], Dhaka
* [[Bangladesh University of Professionals]] (BUP), Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka
* [[Bangladesh Military Academy]] (BMA), Bhatiari, Chittagong
* [[Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology]] (BAIUST), [[Cumilla Cantonment]].
* [[School of Infantry and Tactics]] (SI&T), [[Jalalabad Cantonment]], [[Sylhet]].
* [[Defence Services Command and Staff College (Bangladesh)|Defence Services Command and Staff College]] (DSC&SC), [[Mirpur Cantonment]], Dhaka.
* [[National Defence College Bangladesh|National Defence College]] (NDC), [[Mirpur Cantonment]], Dhaka.
* [[Military Institute of Science and Technology]] (MIST), [[Mirpur Cantonment]], Dhaka.
* Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S), Majira Cantonment, Bogra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil.bd/node/77 |title=Armoured Corps Center & School |website=www.army.mil.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161810/http://www.army.mil.bd/node/77 |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>
* Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering, Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore.
* Signal Training Centre and School, Jessore Cantonment, Jessore.
* Army Service Corp Centre & School, Jahanabad Cantonment, Khulna.
* Army Medical Corps Centre & School, Shaheed Salahuddin Cantonment, Ghatail, Tangail.
* Ordnance Corps Centre & School, Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur
* [[Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training]] (BIPSOT), Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur.
* Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Centre and School, Saidpur Cantonment, Nilphamari.
* Corps of Military Police Centre and School, Savar Cantonment, Savar, Dhaka.
* Army School of Education and Administration, Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment, Ghatail, Tangail.
* Army School of Physical Training and Sports (ASPTS), Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka.
* Army School of Music, Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong.
* [[Armed Forces Medical College (Bangladesh)|Armed Forces Medical College]] (AFMC), Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka.
* [[Army Medical College Chattogram]]  (AMCC)
* [[Army Medical College Cumilla|Army Medical College]] Comilla (AMCCo)
* [[Army Medical College Bogura|Army Medical College Bogra]] (AMCB)
* [[Army Medical College Jashore]] (AMCJ)
* [[Rangpur Army Medical College]] (RAMC)
* Artillery Centre and School, Halishahar, Chittagong.
* School of Military Intelligence, Moynamoti Cantonment, Comilla.
* East Bengal Regimental Centre, Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong.
* Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre, Rajshahi Cantonment, Rajshahi.
* Non Commissioned Officers Academy, Majira Cantonment, Bogra.<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Ravi Shekhar Narain |date=2005 |title=Asian Strategic and Military Perspective |location=New Delhi |publisher=Lancer Publishers |page=25 |isbn=817062245X}}</ref>

=== Training institutes of Bangladesh Air Force ===
* [[Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University]]<ref>{{cite news |title=BSMR aviation and aerospace university bill passed |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bsmr-aviation-and-aerospace-university-bill-passed-1708705 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=1 March 2019 |archive-date=1 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140137/https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/bsmr-aviation-and-aerospace-university-bill-passed-1708705 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Bangladesh Air Force Academy]] (BAFA), Jessore.
* [[Flying Instructors School (Bangladesh)|Flying Instructors School]] (FIS), Bogra.
* [[Command and Staff Training Institute]] (CSTI), Dhaka.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120626021015/http://www.baf.mil.bd/fsi/fsi.html Flight Safety Institute] (FSI), Dhaka.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005042742/http://www.baf.mil.bd/ots/ots.html Officers' Training School] (OTS), Jessore.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005042821/http://www.baf.mil.bd/ami/ami.html Aero-Medical Institute] (AMI), Dhaka.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005042838/http://www.baf.mil.bd/fctu/fctu.html Fighter Controller Training Unit] (FCTU), Dhaka.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120209221139/http://www.baf.mil.bd/sopf/sopf.html School of Physical Fitness] (SOPF), Dhaka.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151003025651/http://www.baf.mil.bd/rts/rts.html Recruits Training School] (RTS), Shamshernagar, Moulovibazar.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005043006/http://www.baf.mil.bd/training_wing/training_wing.html Training Wing] (TW), Chittagong.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005043022/http://www.baf.mil.bd/mtds/mtds.html Mechanical Transport Driving School] (MTDS), Shamsher Nagar.
* Helicopter Simulator Institute BAF(HSI), Dhaka

=== Training Institutes of Bangladesh Navy ===
* [[Bangladesh Naval Academy]] (BNA), Chittagong.
* BNS Shaheed Moazzem, Kaptai, Rangamati Hill District, Chittagong. (For Sailor's Advanced Training)
* BNS ISA KHAN, Chittagong (Home of 13 Different Training Schools)
* BNS TITUMIR, Khulna (Home of New Entry Training School (NETS) and School of Logistics and Management (SOLAM))
* School of Maritime Warfare & Tactics, Chittagong Port.

=== Army Cantonments ===
[[Cantonments]] are where Bangladesh Army personnel work, train, and live.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joinbangladesharmy.mil.bd/about-army/cantonment-locations |title=Cantonment Locations |website=www.joinbangladesharmy.mil.bd |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618152955/http://www.joinbangladesharmy.mil.bd/about-army/cantonment-locations |archive-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>
* [[Alikadam Cantonment]] ([[Bandarban District|Bandarban]])
* [[Bandarban Cantonment]] (Bandarban)
* [[Bangladesh Military Academy]] ([[Chittagong District]])
* [[Bogra Cantonment]] ([[Bogra]])
* [[Chittagong Cantonment]] ([[Chittagong]])
* [[Comilla Cantonment]] ([[Comilla]])
* [[Dhaka Cantonment]] ([[Dhaka]])
* [[Dighinala Cantonment]] ([[Khagrachhari District|Khagrachhari]])
* [[Halishahar Cantonment]] (Chittagong)
* [[Jahanabad Cantonment]] ([[Khulna]])
* [[Jahangirabad Cantonment]] (Bogra)
* [[Jalalabad Cantonment]] ([[Sylhet]])
* [[Jamuna Cantonment]] ([[Bhuapur Upazila|Bhuapur]], [[Tangail District|Tangail]])
* [[Jessore Cantonment]] ([[Jessore Cantonment|Jessore]])
* [[Kaptai Cantonment]] ([[Kaptai Upazila|Kaptai]])
* [[Khagrachhari Cantonment]] (Khagrachhari)
* [[Kholahati Cantonment]] ([[Parbatipur Upazila|Parbatipur]], [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur]])
* [[Mirpur Cantonment]] ([[Mirpur Thana|Mirpur]])
* [[Mithamain Cantonment]] ([[Kishoreganj District|Kishoreganj]])
* [[Mymensingh Cantonment]] ([[Mymensingh]])
* [[Padma Cantonment]] ([[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]] and [[Shariatpur District|Shariatpur]])
* [[Postogola Cantonment]] (Dhaka)
* [[Qadirabad Cantonment]] ([[Natore]])
* [[Rajendrapur Cantonment]] ([[Gazipur, Dhaka Division|Gazipur]])
* [[Rajshahi Cantonment]] ([[Rajshahi]])
* [[Ramu Cantonment]] ([[Ramu Upazila|Ramu]], [[Cox's Bazar]])
* [[Rangamati Cantonment]] ([[Rangamati]])
* [[Rangpur Cantonment]] ([[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]])
* [[Saidpur Cantonment]] ([[Saidpur Upazila|Saidpur]], nilphamary)
* [[Savar Cantonment]] ([[Savar]])
* [[Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment]] ([[Ghatail Upazila|Ghatail]], Tangail)
* [[Barisal Cantonment]] ([[Patuakhali District|Patuakhali]])

=== Air Force bases ===
* BAF Base A.K. Khandokar (Kurmitola, Dhaka)
* BAF Base Sheikh Hasina (Cox's Bazar)
* BAF Base Khademul Bashar (Tejgaon,Dhaka)
* BAF Base Matiur Rahman (Jessore)
* BAF Base Paharkanchanpur (Tangail)
* BAF Base Zahurul Haq (Chittagong)

=== Navy bases ===
* [[BNS Haji Mohshin]] (Dhaka)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php |title=Bangladesh Navy Bases |website=Bangladesh Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527111317/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[BNS Dhaka]] (Dhaka)
* [[BNS Issa Khan]] (Chittagong)
* [[BNS Shaheed Moazzem]] (Rangamati)
* [[BNS Pekua]] (Cox's Bazar)
* [[BNS Sher-e-Bangla]] (Patuakhali)
* [[BNS Titumir]] (Khulna)
* [[BNS Ulka]] (Chittagong)
* BNS Bhatiary (Chittagong)
* BNS Nirvik (Chittagong)
* [[BNS Mongla]] (Bagerhat)
* BNS Patenga
* BNS Upasham (Khulna)

== Future modernisation plans ==
{{Main|Forces Goal 2030}}

Bangladesh has made a long term modernisation plan for its Armed Forces named [[Forces Goal 2030]].<ref name="Forces Goal 2030">{{cite news|title=Forces Goal 2030 to be implemented in four phases: PM|url=http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-02-28&nid=41420#.UyPtsT-SxnM|work=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]|date=28 February 2013|access-date=15 March 2014|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315101328/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-02-28&nid=41420#.UyPtsT-SxnM|url-status=dead}}</ref> The plan includes the modernization and expansion of all equipment and infrastructures and providing enhanced training.<ref name="Forces Goal 2030"/>

==Gallery==
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File:US Navy 071126-N-1831S-104 A member of the Bangladesh Army helps unload bags of purified water from a CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3).jpg|Humanitarian operation after [[Cyclone Sidr]]
File:US Navy 071123-M-7696M-099 Bangladeshi soldiers use a stretcher to unload a shipment of bottled water delivered by Marines of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 261.jpg|Bangladesh Army soldiers unload a shipment of bottled water for cyclone victims.
File:US Navy 071203-M-3095K-030 Bangladeshis help onload boxes of food to a waiting CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) at Barisal Airfield.jpg|Bangladesh Army personnel unloading boxes of food for cyclone victims at [[Barisal]]
File:Bdunmsn3.jpg|Bangladesh Army personnel and [[armoured personnel carrier]] in [[United Nations peacekeeping|UN peacekeeping mission]]
File:Army Vehicle waiting near Abahani ground.jpg|Army soldiers on active duty in [[Dhaka]]
File:Victory Day Parade.jpg|Army personnel at Victory Day Parade 2012
File:Bangladesh Army MBT2000. (39072813711).jpg|Bangladesh Army's [[Al-Khalid/VT-1A|MBT-2000/VT-1A]] [[main battle tank]] at Victory Day Parade 2017
File:Type 69-IIMA tank.jpg|Bangladesh Army's [[Type 69 tank#Bangladesh|Type-69 IIG]] main battle tank
File:Bd army eurocopter.jpg|[[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|AS365 Dauphin]] helicopter of [[Bangladesh Army Aviation Group]]
File:Bangladesh Army Aviation CN-295W.jpg|[[EADS CASA C-295|C-295]] transport aircraft of Bangladesh Army
File:BTR-80 of Bangladesh Army.png|[[BTR-80]] armoured personnel carrier of Bangladesh Army
File:Bangladesh navy frigate Somudro Joy (F-28) at Pearl Harbor in 2013.JPG|Bangladesh navy frigate [[BNS Somudra Joy]] (F-28) at [[Pearl Harbor]] in 2013
File:Bangladesh Navy Ship Bangabandhu (F-25).jpg|[[BNS Bangabandhu]] (F-25) [[Frigate#Guided-missile role|guided missile frigate]] at sea.
File:BNS Somudra Avijan moored in Alameda, CA.jpg|Bangladesh navy frigate [[BNS Somudra Avijan]] (F-29) at [[Alameda, California]], in 2015
File:Bangladesh Navy Ship Sangu (P-713).jpg|Bangladesh navy patrol ship [[BNS Sangu]]
File:Bangladesh Navy Ships Bangabandhu (F-25), right, and Sangu (P-713).jpg|Bangladesh Navy frigate and [[offshore patrol vessel|OPV]] at Exercise [[Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training#CARAT 2012|CARAT 2012]] conducted by [[United States Pacific Fleet|US Pacific Fleet]]
File:US Navy 110921-N-HA376-268 Lt. j.g. David Zicarelli, assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54), debriefs Bangladesh Navy Special War.jpg|Bangladesh Navy [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage|SWADS]] personnel amid a [[joint military exercise]] with the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] in 2011
File:36100 Bangladesh Air Force MIG-29 Landing (8141565769).jpg|Bangladesh Air Force [[Mikoyan MiG-29]] [[multirole combat aircraft|multirole fighter aircraft]]
File:FT-7 BG Low Fly Pass over VGHS Runway (8124347638).jpg|[[Chengdu J-7|Chengdu F-7 BG]] [[fighter aircraft]] of Bangladesh Air Force
File:S3-AGE@PEK (20200417154352).jpg|[[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules]] [[military transport aircraft]] of Bangladesh Air Force
File:Bangladesh Air Force Antonov An-32 S3-ACA (8042300010).jpg|Bangladesh Air Force [[Antonov An-32]] (converted [[bomber]])
File:Mi-171Sh helicopter used by Bangladesh Air Force (29).png|[[Mil Mi-17]]1Sh assault helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
File:Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-17 245 Flight Past (8219306335).jpg|Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter at UN Peacekeeping mission
File:Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) paratroopers descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft over Bangladesh during exercise Cope South 14 Nov. 12, 2013 131112-F-SI013-572.jpg|Bangladesh Air Force [[paratrooper]]s descend from a C-130 aircraft
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== See also ==
* [[Government of Bangladesh]]
* [[Military coups in Bangladesh]]
* [[Forces Goal 2030]]
* [[Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.army.mil.bd/ Official Website of Bangladesh Army] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231032729/https://www.army.mil.bd/ |date=31 December 2020 }}
* [http://www.baf.mil.bd/ Official Website of Bangladesh Air Force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518104500/http://www.baf.mil.bd/baf/baf.html |date=18 May 2010 }}

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