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2 unusual facts about Bangladesh Army


2012 Dhaka fire

A crowd of thousands of relatives and onlookers gathered at the scene, and army soldiers were deployed to maintain order.

Nuruddin Khan

Lieutenant General Nuruddin Khan was Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army and former Energy Minister of Bangladesh (1996-1997).


25th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment

The 25th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (5 BIR) is an Infantry Battalion of the Bangladesh Army.

Army Hotel Management Institute

Army Hotel Management Institute (AHMI) was established on 3 June 2009 in Dhaka, Bangladesh which was inaugurated by then chief of army staff of Bangladesh army General Moeen Uddin Ahmed in Utshab Banquet Hall, Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka with the aim to meet the need of experts in tourism and hotel management sectors in home and to export abroad.

Bashundhara City

The city mayor, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, ordered all fire services in the capital to the scene with fifteen fire trucks, and ordered army personnel to help.

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury

A former Principal Staff Officer of the Army of Bangladesh he was elevated to the position of Quartermaster General at the same time General Moeen U Ahmed, the Chief of the Army (and his coursemate) was made first serving 4 Star General in the history of Bangladesh.

Secularism in Bangladesh

However, the Bangladesh Army with its close ideological association of center-right and conservative political parties led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, have stated that the term Bangladeshi nationalism refers to the country as an Islamic nation given that 89% of the population is Muslim.


see also

Abul Manzoor

Major General Muhammad Abul Manzoor (1940–1981) was a Bangladesh army general who was a war hero as a freedom fighter and Sector Commander of BDF Sector 8 during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Bandarban District

Contemporary history of Bandarban has not been a happy one, despite much development initiatives taken by church organizations and UN agencies like UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA as well as Bangladesh Army present in large numbers here.

Ghulam Dastagir

Quazi Golam Dastgir (1932–2008), Bangladesh army officer and diplomat