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	Bangladesh Army Chief in India to boost bilateral defence ties
		General Ahmed is expected to meet the President, the Prime Minister and senior Government leaders, besides the Chiefs of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force.
		Analysts say Bangladesh is keen for India's political support as it pursues an anti-corruption drive and implements reforms ahead of its return to an elected Government.
		Bangladesh's generals have ruled the country for 15 years until December 1990, when a people's revolt ousted the last military ruler, General Hossain Mohammad Ershad.
	www.bangladeshnews.net /story/330832 (526 words)

	Bangladesh Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
		Bangladesh Army was formed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
		The army was also involved in a military coup in 1975, when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed and Martial law was established in the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangladesh_Army (925 words)

	Bangladesh Army \| Bangladesh Military Forces (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today's Bangladesh Army is a medium sized modern land force consisting of the most committed and patriotic men and women that are prepared to encounter and overcome any challenges that they might face.
		The Armed Forces of Bangladesh are the pride of the nation and the envy of the international community for its various successful roles in United Nations peacekeeping operations around the world and national development initiatives.
		The army is composed of both male and female personnel and their are no restrictions on recruitment the basis of race, religion provided that all personnel are Bangladeshi citizens.
	www.bdmilitary.com /main/military/land/army/army.htm (349 words)

	Remember 1971:::Freedom Fighters.:::Webbangladesh.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bangladesh Navy Bangladesh Navy was constituted in August 1971.
		Bangladesh Air Force started functioning on 28 September at Dimapur in Nagaland, under the command of Air Commodore AK Khondakar.
		The Commander of Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army Lt. General ameer abdullah khan niazi surrendered to the commander of the joint Indo-Bangladesh force and the chief of Indian eastern command Lt. General Jagjit Singh Aurora.
	www.webbangladesh.com /1971/freedom.htm (814 words)

	Defense (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bangladesh Navy is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it is paying to have an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.
		Bangladesh Rifles, under the authority of the Home Ministry are commanded by army officers who are seconded to the organization.
		Bangladesh is currently the second-leading contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, with an infantry battalion in UNIKOM (Kuwait), an engineer battalion in UNTAET, (East Timor) and another infantry battalion scheduled for Sierra Leone in May 2000.
	www.webbangladesh.com /history_culture/history_defense.htm (436 words)

	SDNP Bangladesh :: Sustainable Development Information Data Bank
		Bangladesh became a part of the then Pakistan and came to be known as East Pakistan.
		Bangladesh has a typical tropical monsoon climate marked by sweltering heat and high humidity for the major part of the year.
		Bangladesh is nestled in the crook of the Bay of Bengal, surrounded by India.
	www.sdnbd.org /bangladesh.htm (827 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Army fights crime in Bangladesh
		A spokesperson of the Bangladesh army told the BBC the number of troops deployed across the country was the largest under any civil government.
		Army troops in combat gear were patrolling the streets in cities and towns across Bangladesh.
		Analysts say the deployment of the army is a sign that the civil administration has failed to improve the situation, a fact borne out by its move to seek the help of the army.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/em/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/2335849.stm (443 words)

	Bangladesh , Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Bangladesh participated in the Bangkok Regional Action Group (BRAG), which was formed by States Parties from the Asia-Pacific region in September 2002 with the aim of promoting landmine ban initiatives in the region in the lead up to the Fifth Meeting of States Parties in Bangkok in September 2003.
		Bangladesh cosponsored and voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 58/53, calling for universalization of the Mine Ban Treaty, on 8 December 2003, as it did on all similar UNGA resolutions in previous years.
		Bangladesh further stated that with the lack of clarity regarding funding, as well as the onset of monsoon season, it may have trouble meeting its destruction deadline.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/bangladesh (3793 words)

	One dead in Bangladesh, army withdrawn abruptly
		One person was killed in a clash between police and political activists Monday morning as Bangladesh was plunged into a serious political crisis though the army deployed in major cities Sunday was withdrawn abruptly.
		After a daylong 'siege' of Dhaka turned violent, the army was deployed across the country to help civil administration maintain law and order, but it was withdrawn soon as some of the advisors, enjoying ministerial rank as per the constitution, said they were "surprised" at Ahmed's decision.
		Some of them said there was no discussion about possible army deployment when the council met and that they had come to know of it from TV news channels.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Asia/20061113/506789.html (544 words)

	Bangladesh Armed Forces and Islamic Fundamentalism
		Bangladesh emerged as a nation state in December 1971 after India intervened militarily to end the genocide being inflicted by the Pakistan Army on its eastern wing - the Bengali Muslim majority province of East Pakistan.
		Bangladesh dependant as it is on largesse from Islamic countries is susceptible to the policy stances of Islamic donors.
		Bangladesh cannot be expected to be in perpetual gratitude to India for its military assistance for its liberation.
	www.saag.org /papers3/paper235.html (2465 words)

	Bangladesh: Operation Clean Heart: Dhaka’s dirty war
		The army, he said, "has not been given the power of magistracy, and they are not arresting anyone." It was simply "helping" the police arrest criminals, he added.
		Army personnel reportedly beat up an 85-year-old woman, Shahatunnesa, and her daughter-in-law, after they demanded to know the reasons for the army's raid on their house.
		The Bangladesh Government's recourse to extrajudicial measures to tackle crime runs counter to its claims of being a democracy; such measures are characteristic of repressive regimes or police States.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/hrfchr59/Issue1/bangladesh.htm (1497 words)

	Bangladesh Assessment 2003
		Continuous reportage during the first three quarters of year 2003 indicating the existence of Al Qaeda operatives in Bangladesh and their subversive activity in conjunction with local Islamist groups validated claims that the country had emerged as a major safe haven for Islamist terrorist formations.
		The current regime in Bangladesh, moreover, is regarded as being much 'closer' to Pakistan than its predecessor, and the linkages between the Bangladesh Army and intelligence apparatus, on the one hand, and their Pakistani counterparts, on the other, are known to be strong, and growing stronger.
		Bangladesh continued to be a transit route for arms and narcotics trafficking and the country’s Home Minister, Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, validated this while he was speaking at a national workshop on drug control in Mirpur in February 2002.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/index.htm (3432 words)

	Bangladesh Army (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Army flag follows the British model, consisting of a dark green field with the army badge (crossed scimitars with a lotus leaf cluster above them) in yellow.
		In two different photos, the national standard for an infantry battalion (equivalent to Sovereign's Colour in the British Army) is the national flag with an inscription in gold Bengali letters in the upper hoist, presumably the name of the unit or possibly a motto.
		This may be duplicating material we already have, but a description of the national flag gives the specifications (6:10 with the radius of the red circle equal to 1/5 of the fly, centered 9/20 of the way from hoist to fly).
	flagspot.net /flags/bd^.html (360 words)

	Bangladesh (09/06)
		Bangladesh's judiciary is a civil court system based on the British model; the highest court of appeal is the appellate court of the Supreme Court.
		Bangladesh is generally a force for moderation in international forums, and it is also a long-time leader in international peacekeeping operations.
		Relations between Bangladesh and the United States were further strengthened by the participation of Bangladesh troops in the 1991 Gulf war coalition, and alongside U.S. forces in numerous UN peacekeeping operations, including Haiti in 1994, as well as by the assistance of a U.S. naval task force after a disastrous March 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm (8731 words)

	Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The press release said the then Chief of Army staff, Lt General Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman BB (retd) was promoted to the rank of General on the day of his retirement through a government order on December 18, 2000 though there was no such rank in the organisational structure of the Bangladesh Army.
		Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Affairs (BIISS), a government think-tank, in collaboration with the Embassy of German and the Embassy of France organised the four-day international conference, which opened Saturady at the BIISS auditorium in the city.
		Army troops have been deployed in all 52 districts to ensure fair distribution of rice among the hungry in view of the increase in price of all varieties of rice throughout the country including the capital city.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/12/12102004mt.htm (4398 words)

	Bangladesh, Landmine Monitor Report 2006
		Bangladesh served as co-chair of the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction from December 2004 to December 2005.
		Bangladesh is party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its Amended Protocol II on landmines, but did not attend the Seventh Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II in November 2005, and did not submit its annual report required by Article 13.
		Bangladesh noted that it has kept the mines “to train its soldiers to defuse or destroy any potential application of mines and not for mine deployment purposes.” The number retained “would be enough for her to sustain mine awareness training, clearance if required and destruction training programs in the future.
	www.icbl.org /lm/country/bangladesh (3150 words)

	Letter to the Editor: Farida from UK
		The Army of the new entity was left in the hand of the servile servants of the English occupier, mostly of Punjabi ethnic origin.
		Bangladesh Army and men and women had won and won absolutely the freedom of their nation using their own genius, bravery, martial skills and selfless sacrifices.
		Bangladesh is a big nation of 150 million people- USA has a population of 290 million and Bangladesh is only the size of Wisconsin- and 40 million strong middle-class and increasing.
	www.bangladeshtigers.com /letter_farida_uk.html (6626 words)

	Militarism
		Bangladesh army should be expanded to defend the Muslims against the Hindu big brothers.
		In reality the army is the most organized institution in Bangladesh and as such they can exert their power over the illiterate and unorganized people.
		In absence of the feudal class the army is allied with the corrupt civil bureaucrats and businessmen.
	muktadhara.net /page34.html (1008 words)

	Connivance of State and Security Agencies in August-17 Bomb-blasts of Bangladesh
		On September 14 the Bangladesh police arrested Obaidullah Sumon with four kilograms of powder explosives, 50 detonators and 12 packets of powergel in Guduigram village of Nikli upazila in Kishoreganj.
		The army headquarters on September 28 said newspaper reports about the involvement of ex-lance corporal Harun-ur-Rashid and a number of other retired and serving army men in the August 17 bomb blasts were all a fiction.
		The Bangladesh Intelligence agencies are hinting at the involvement of Jamaat and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) in the August 17 blasts.
	saag.org /papers16/paper1570.html (1576 words)

	Bangladesh Army — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress
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	wordpress.com /tag/bangladesh-army (705 words)

	The Hindu : Bangladesh army to train Kuwaiti personnel
		Bangladesh and Kuwait have decided to sign a defence agreement under which the Bangladeshi armed forces will provide technical and vocational training to the Kuwaiti army.
		The Cabinet of the Bangladesh Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, gave its approval to the agreement, to be signed soon, on Saturday agreeing to keep the pact for as many years and it can be renewed for another six years if the two Governments agree, official sources said.
		The agreement provides for a liaison headquarters of the Bangladesh army in Kuwait, which will supervise, maintain and look after the appointment, extension, deputation and all other aspects of the defence agreement.
	www.hindu.com /2004/02/02/stories/2004020201851500.htm (244 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Three officers of Bangladesh Army including the pilot survived an accident when a training helicopter of the Army Aviation made an emergency landing at Abahani Ground in the city's Dhanmondi area on Monday.
		Bangladesh is active to get similar assistance from other countries where Bangladeshi citizens are in custody.
		This was disclosed at the 12th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Jail Reforms held on Monday in the conference room of the law ministry with Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed in the chair.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/12/21/front.htm (4322 words)

	Virtual Bangladesh : Biography: Ziaur Rahman
		Ziaur Rahman was born at Bogra in 1936.
		He joined the army in 1953 and was commissioned in 1955.
		While in Roumari, he formed the 1st Brigade of the Bangladesh Army with the Jawans of 1st, 2nd and Eighth Bengal Regiments.
	www.virtualbangladesh.com /biography/zia.html (427 words)

	Aids warning for Bangladesh army
		The Chief of Bangladesh Army, General Harun-ur-Rashid, has asked senior commanders to take precautionary measures for avoiding Aids infection among troops.
		Bangladesh is one of the largest providers of troops to UN peacekeeping missions.
		Army officials say they are now planning to launch an Aids-awareness programme among military personnel.
	www.aegis.com /news/bbc/2001/BB011212.html (545 words)

	Bangladesh Military Forces - Home
		The Bangladesh Navy successfully carried out the test firing of the C-802A anti ship missiles from the upgraded BNS Osman guided missile frigate.
		FR Sarker, General Secretary of Bangladesh Astronomical Society participated in a Zero Gravity Flight to experience Zero Gravity simulation aboard G-FORCE ONE, a Boeing 727 Aircraft operated by Zero Gravity Corporation, USA, which took off from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada on May 24 last.
		New generation of infantry weapons in the Bangladesh Army
	www.bdmilitary.com (373 words)

	Prantor Bangladesh: Government websites
		The information on this web site is intended to introduce Bangladesh Army about how we are organized and what we do -- to defend our most beloved Country Bangladesh.
		BCC is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh for encouraging and providing support for IT related activities in Bangladesh.
		Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of the country, was established as a body corporate vide the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) with effect from 16th December, 1971.
	www.prantor.com /bangladesh_01.htm (265 words)

	USARPAC News - Engineer mission combines training, humanitarian assistance (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As part of a U.S. Army, Pacific Humanitarian and Civic Assistance mission, a combined Bangladeshi-American military construction team completed work in April on a new schoolhouse in a remote rural area of Bangladesh.
		Don Hicks, 412th Engineer Command operations officer with the Assistant Chief of Staff for Engineering, U.S. Army, Pacific, poses for a photo in front of the building dedication plaque with Maj. Kirk Zecchini, 16th Engineer Brigade, Ohio Army National Guard, who was the quality assurance officer for this mission.
		U.S. Army, Pacific Soldiers work alongside their Bangladeshi Army engineer counterparts to build an eight-room schoolhouse in a remote village located about three hours north of the capital Dhaka.
	www.usarpac.army.mil /news/releases_2004/bengal-tiger_school.asp (848 words)

	Bangladesh Army to purchase self-propelled artillery - PakDef Forums
		One medium regiment consists of 22 artillery guns, while there are 30 pieces for the field artillery and 60 pieces for a full fledged mixed brigade in the Bangladesh Army.
		In addition, howitzers sold to Kuwaitis Army are also fitted with air conditioners for operating in the desert environment.
		The expansion of the artillery forces would enhance not only the strength and ability of the army in terms of firepower, but also increase employment, promotion and scope for work in UN peace missions.
	www.pakdef.info /forum/showthread.php?t=7238 (539 words)

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