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The Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) is an infantry regiment of the Bangladesh Army. It was raised in 2001 as the second infantry regiment after the East Bengal Regiment . [ 1 ] The regiment was raised initially by renaming some battalions of the East Bengal Regiment , before its own recruits were trained. [ 2 ]
Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre is an infantry training centre of Bangladesh Infantry Regiment of Bangladesh Army. [1] [2] It is located within Rajshahi Cantonment. [3] The centre was established on 1 July 1999. [4] [5]
50 Field Artillery Regiment; Infantry: 11 Infantry Brigade (Sylhet Cantonment, raised in 2016) [10] [11] 6 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) 34 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) 42 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) 360 Infantry Brigade 13 East Bengal Regiment (EBR) 38 East Bengal Regiment (EBR) 52 Infantry Brigade 61 East Bengal Regiment (EBR)
Jahangir was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army on 9 June 1992, through the 26th Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) Long Course. [6] His parent unit is 11th East Bengal Regiment . He commanded 14th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (BIR) as lieutenant colonel and 44th and 203rd Infantry Brigades as brigadier general.
[3] [4] Jessore Cantonment was captured during Bangladesh Liberation war on 6 December 1971 by the Pine Division of the Indian Army. [5] On 9 March 2009 General Officer Commanding of 55 Infantry Division and Jessore Cantonment Commander Major General Rafiqul Islam was killed in a helicopter crash along with the pilot. [ 6 ]
On 20 September 2013, 99th Composite Brigade was added to the division, [citation needed] made up of 58th East Bengal Regiment, 34th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment and 20th Engineering Construction Battalion to provide security and support during the construction of Padma Bridge.
Armed Forces Division is composed of Principal Staff Officer's Office, five Directorates and an Administrative Company. The Directorates are: Operations and Plans Directorate (O & P). Training Directorate (Trg). Civil and Military Relation Directorate (CMR). Administration and Logistics Directorate (A&L). Intelligence Directorate (Int ...
The principal staff officer is the head of Armed Forces Division, which is part of the Chief Adviser's office. He is assisted by a PS (acting PSO) and five departmental heads each one star rank military officer from Bangladesh Armed Forces.