Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) (Bengali: প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়; Protirakha Montronaloya) is a Bangladeshi government ministry. The MoD is headed by the Minister of Defence, a civilian and member of cabinet; the post is usually held by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who also serves as the President's second-in-command of the military. The MoD exercises supreme command authority over the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Bengali: প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয় (Protirakha Montronaloya) | |
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Formed | 14 April 1971 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
Headquarters | Ganobhabon Complex, Shere Bangla Nagar, Dhaka [1] |
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Website | mod |
Organisational structure
Parliament is constitutionally responsible for working with the president and the service chiefs in ensuring the nation's defence. In practice, however, members of Parliament have never played a significant role in either national defence planning or defence budgeting, the Defence Secretary does.[2]
Agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defence
The list of agencies and departments under the Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh are below:[3]
Defence Forces
Inter-Forces institutions
- Director Generals of Medical Services (DGMS)
- National Defence College (NDC)
- Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC)
- Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)
- Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)
- Army Medical Corps(AMC)
- Armed Forces Medical Institute (AFMI)
- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
- Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF)
- Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB)
- Bangladesh Armed Services Board (BASB)
- Directorate General of Defence Purchase (DGDP)
- Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
- Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)[4]
- Governing Bodies of Cadet Colleges
Other agencies and departments
- Bangladesh National Cadet Corps
- Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD)
- Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO)
- Survey of Bangladesh (SOB)
- Department of Military Lands & Cantonments
- Department of Cipher
- Controller General of Defence Finance
- Office of Chief Administrative Officer
- Ministry of Defence Constabulary
Role and working
The functions of the MoD are:[5]
- Defence of Bangladesh.
- 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 civil administration.
- Army, Naval and Air Force Works
- Production of cypher documents
- Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (Produce Ammunition and Arms for Bangladesh Army)
- International Red Cross and Geneva Conventions in so far as these affect belligerents
- Gallantry awards and decorations in respect of forces under its control
- Military Lands and Cantonments
- Meteorological Observations
- Pardons, reprieves and respites, etc., of all personnel belonging to armed forces
- National Services and Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)
- Matters relating to Cadet Colleges
- Matters relating to Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO)
- Civil Services paid from Defence Estimates
- Hydrographic Surveys and preparation of navigational charts (excluding Hydrographic surveys in the inland water of Bangladesh and preparation of charts for inland navigation)
- Survey of Bangladesh
- Budget legal and statutory matters of the Armed Forces
- Secretarial administration including financial matters
- Administration and control of subordinate offices and organisations under this ministry
- Liaison with International Organisations and matters relating to treaties and agreements with other countries and world bodies relating to subject allotted to this ministry
- All laws on subjects allotted to this ministry
- Inquires and statistics on any of the subjects allotted to this ministry.
- Fees in respect of any of the subjects allotted to this ministry except fees taken in courts
References
- http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/55bcf4d6-dd85-45c1-94b6-bcb06e4b1b12 List of Ministries and Divisions
- Heitzman, James; Worden, Robert, eds. (1989). "Organization of the Armed Forces". Bangladesh: A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 218.
- https://mod.gov.bd/site/page/befdc93b-17fb-4f2d-850c-630ccc1b0b68
- "About Us". Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate. Archived from the original on 2015-06-19.
- প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের কার্যাবলি [The Functions of the Ministry of Defence]. Ministry of Defence (in Bengali).