Bangladesh Army

Bangladesh Army
বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী Bānglādēśh Sēnābāhinī
The crest of the Bangladesh Army
Founded	26 March 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-03-26)
Country	Bangladesh
Allegiance	Constitution of Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Type	Army
Role	Land warfare
Size	~204,000 active personnel (2019 est.)[1]
Part of	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Army Headquarters	Dhaka Cantonment
Nickname(s)	BA/BD Army [source?]
Motto(s)	"In War, In Peace We are Everywhere for our Country" (সমরে আমরা শান্তিতে আমরা সর্বত্র আমরা দেশের তরে)
Colors	Black, Green
March	Notuner Gaan (Bengali: নতুনের গান, The Song of Youth)
Mascot(s)	Crossed scimitars
Anniversaries	Armed Forces Day (21 November)
Engagements	Bangladesh Liberation War Chittagong Hill Tracts Insurgency Gulf War 2015 Bangladesh–Arakan Army border clash Operation Thunderbolt Operation Twilight
Decorations	1. Bir Sreshtho 2. Bir Uttom 3. Bir Bikrom 4. Bir Protik
Website	Official website
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	President Abdul Hamid
Chief of the Army Staff	General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed
Chief of the General Staff	Lieutenant-General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan[2]
Insignia
Flag of the Bangladesh Army
Aircraft flown
Helicopter	AS365 Dauphin, Bell 206, Mi-171Sh
Trainer	Cessna 152
Transport	Cessna 208B, EADS CASA C-295

The Bangladesh Army (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী, Bangladesh Senabahini) is the land force and the largest armed services of Bangladesh Armed Forces.

1. ↑ "The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
2. ↑ "Gen Sarwar Hasan made chief of general staff, replaced by Gen Akbar as NDC commandant". bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.