Bangladesh Army

The Bangladesh Army (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী, Bangladesh Senabahini) is the land force and the largest armed services of Bangladesh Armed Forces.^[2]

Bangladesh Army
বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী Bānglādēśh Sēnābāhinī
The crest of the Bangladesh Army
Founded	26 March 1971 (54 years ago) (1971-03-26)
Country	Bangladesh
Allegiance	Constitution of Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	~204,000 active personnel (2019 est.)[1]
Part of	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Army Headquarters	Dhaka Cantonment
Nickname(s)	BA/BD Army [source?]
Motto(s)	"In War, In Peace We are Everywhere for our Country" (সমরে আমরা শান্তিতে আমরা সর্বত্র আমরা দেশের তরে)
Colors	Black, Green
March	Notuner Gaan (Bengali: নতুনের গান, The Song of Youth)
Mascot(s)	Crossed scimitars
Anniversaries	Armed Forces Day (21 November)
Engagements	Bangladesh Liberation War Chittagong Hill Tracts Insurgency Gulf War 2015 Bangladesh–Arakan Army border clash Operation Thunderbolt Operation Twilight
Decorations	1. Bir Sreshtho 2. Bir Uttom 3. Bir Bikrom 4. Bir Protik
Website	Official website
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	President of Bangladesh
Chief of the Army Staff	General Waker-Uz-Zaman
Chief of the General Staff	Lieutenant-General Mizanur Rahman Shamim
Insignia
Flag of the Bangladesh Army
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	AS365 Dauphin, Bell 206, Mi-171Sh
Trainer	Cessna 152
Transport	Cessna 208B, EADS CASA C-295

Organization

Bangladeshi soldiers unload a shipment of bottled water for cyclone victims.

Administrative branches

Bangladesh Army is divided into the following administrative Corps:

Combat Arms	Combat support	Combat service support
Armoured Corps Regiment of Artillery Infantry: East Bengal Regiment (known as E. Bengal or East Bengal or Bengal Regiment) Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) Para Infantry Battalion [source?] Para-Commando Brigade (Bangladesh Army)	Army Aviation Air Defense Artillery Corps of Engineers Military intelligence Corps of Signals (Sig)	Corps of Military Police (CMP) Army Services Corps (ASC) Ordnance Corps Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) Army Education Corps (AEC) Army Medical Corps (AMC) Army Dental Corps Armed Forces Nursing Services (AFNS) Army Corps of Clerks (abbreviated as ACC, made of only NCOs and JCOs) Judge Advocate General's Department (JAG Dept.) Military band Remounts, Veterinary and Farms Corps (RV & FC) Ministry of Defence Constabulary (MODC)[3]

List of cantonments

Cantonment is a place where Bangladesh Army personnel work, train, and live.^[4]

• Alikadam Cantonment, Bandarban
• Bandarban Cantonment
• Chattogram Cantonment
• Cumilla Cantonment, Cumilla
• Dhaka Cantonment
• Dighinala Cantonment, Khagrachhari
• Halishahar Cantonment, Chattogram
• Jahanabad Cantonment, Khulna
• Jahangirabad Cantonment, Bogura
• Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet
• Jamuna Cantonment, Tangail
• Jashore Cantonment
• Kaptai Cantonment, Rangamati
• Khagrachari Cantonment
• Kholahati Cantonment, Dinajpur
• Majhira Cantonment, Bogura
• Mirpur Cantonment
• Mymensingh Cantonment
• Padma Cantonment, Madaripur
• Postogola Cantonment
• Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore
• Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur
• Rajshahi Cantonment
• Ramu Cantonment, Cox's Bazar
• Rangamati Cantonment
• Rangpur Cantonment
• Lalmonirhat Cantonment
• Saidpur Cantonment, Nilphamari
• Savar Cantonment
• Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment, Ghatail
• Lebukhali Cantonment, Patuakhali