Bangladesh Army | |
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বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী | |
![]() Insignia of the Bangladesh Army | |
Founded | 26 March 1971 (53 years, 4 months) |
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Type | Army |
Role | Land warfare |
Size | 160000 troops[1][2][3][4] 13,408 civilians[3][4] |
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Army Headquarters | Dhaka Cantonment |
Motto(s) | "In War, In Peace, We are everywhere for our Nation" ("সমরে আমরা, শান্তিতে আমরা, সর্বত্র আমরা দেশের তরে") |
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March | Notuner Gaan "নতুনের গান" The Song of Youth |
Anniversaries | Armed Forces Day (21 November) |
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Website | army.mil.bd |
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Flag of the Bangladesh Army | ![]() |
Aircraft flown | |
Helicopter | AS365 Dauphin, Bell 206, Mi-171Sh, Bell 407GXi [6][7] |
Trainer | Cessna 152 |
Transport | Cessna 208B, EADS CASA C-295 |
The Bangladesh Army (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী, romanized: Bānlādēśa sēnābāhinī) 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, adaptative security measures, modular strategies, and optimized or informed intelligence, used in prevision of defending the nation's territorial integrity against external attack. Control of personnel and operations is administered by the Army Headquarters, Dhaka.[8] The Bangladesh Army is also constitutionally obligated to assist the government and it's civilian agencies, either during times of domestic national emergency, or as preventive measures in rare cases. This additional role is commonly referred to as "aid to civil administration" or, using the Latin form, "Protectio, Transparentia, Reintegratio", in others words, "Protect and Serve".