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Bangladesh Naval Academy main entrance. Bangladesh Naval Academy is a reputed military academy for naval training in South Asia.It was established in 1976 at the premises of the Mercantile Marine Academy at Juludia, Chittagong, later shifted to BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong to train the cadets of the Bangladesh Navy.
The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, romanized: Bāṅlādēś Nôubāhinī) 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, and the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. [5]
The Inter Services Selection Board (colloquially known as ISSB) [4] is a military organization for the selection of candidates [5] [6] [7] in the Bangladesh Armed Forces: the Army, [8] [9] [10] the Navy, [11] and the Air Force. [12]
Ali joined Bangladesh Navy in January 1987 in executive branch. [4] He successfully completed Naval Officers' Basic Course from Germany and Gunnery Specialization Course from India. He is also an the German Staff College (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr), where he was named the best officer of the course and awarded the 'Scharnhorst Award'.
In January 1979 he joined the Bangladesh Navy as an Officer Cadet and completed his UT Officer/Basic Course along with a sub-specialisation of 5 years duration from Marshal Tito Naval Academy, Split, Yugoslavia. He was commissioned on 01 Aug 1981 in the Executive Branch of Bangladesh Navy.
The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) is the main military intelligence outfit, responsible for intelligence gathering for all military purposes. [3] The DGFI also includes subdivisions specifically serving the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force, but the agency itself is distinct and unified for all military intelligence functions.
On 23 March 1979, University Officers Training Corps, Bangladesh Cadet Corps and Junior Cadet Corps were all merged by President Ziaur Rahman. [1] The organization is tri service combined from Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force. [2] At present, its headquarters is located in Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka. [3]
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 of the Government of Bangladesh , and are directly administered by the Armed Forces Division of the Prime Minister's Office . [ 5 ]