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Pages in category "Paramilitary forces of Bangladesh" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ আনসার ও গ্রাম প্রতিরক্ষা বাহিনী; also known as the Ansar Bahini or Ansar VDP) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Forces received modest assistance from the Indian Government soon after the start of the war, On 3 December 1971, the India-Pakistan war broke out and Indian troops entered Bangladesh allied with the Bangladesh Armed Forces. [26] On 16 December 1971, the Pakistani military surrendered to the joint Indian and Bangladesh forces. [27]
The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. [5]
The Bangladesh Navy currently operates two submarines, five guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, six guided missile corvettes, minor surface combatants of various type of offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, minesweepers, auxiliaries, amphibious landing craft and rapid response boats.
Defence Services of Bangladesh and Armed Forces attached to or operating with any of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh excluding planning, co-ordination and arrangement of mobilisation of the defence services on declaration of national emergency/war and co-ordination and control of the activities of the defence services when deployed in aid of ...
Border Guard Bangladesh, [a] better known as BGB, is a paramilitary force responsible for the border security of Bangladesh. The BGB is entrusted with the responsibility to defend the 4,427 kilometres (2,751 mi) border of Bangladesh with India and Myanmar. [4] It was formerly known as the Bangladesh Rifles (abbr. BDR). [5]
BNS Haji Mohsin [1] [2] [3] is a naval base of the Bangladesh Navy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was established after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and named in honour of Haji Muhammad Mohsin . The base is the principal logistics base of the Bangladesh Navy, and is located in the Dhaka Cantonment .