Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)

People's Republic of Bangladesh
Ministry of Defence
Bengali: প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়
(Protirakha Montronaloya)

Agency overview
Formed 14 April 1971
Jurisdiction Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters Ganobhabon Complex, Shere Bangla Nagar, Dhaka [1]
Agency executive
Website mod.gov.bd

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. In contrast to practice in other nations, the MoD does not exercise command authority over the Bangladesh Armed Forces, which is instead subordinate to the Armed Forces Division (AFD). [2]

Organisational structure

Even though the Ministry of Defence bureaucracy is predominantly civilian, the military exerts substantial influence over its operations. Through the appointment of military retirees and active-duty officers to the Ministry of Defence the military indirectly controls the ministry. 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.[3]

Departments

The Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), is a department under the MoD. It is situated at Dhaka Cantonment. The organisation works as the spokesman of military of Bangladesh. It has four wings: Army, Navy, Air Force and Inter-Service. After the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan, ISPR was founded in 1972 with an aim to strengthen relations between the media and the military.[4]

Role and Working

The functions of the MoD are:[5]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/.

  1. http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/55bcf4d6-dd85-45c1-94b6-bcb06e4b1b12 List of Ministries and Divisions
  2. Division, Armed Forces. "About AFD". www.afd.gov.bd. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  3. 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.
  4. "About Us". Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate.
  5. প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের কার্যাবলি [The Functions of the Ministry of Defence]. Ministry of Defence (in Bangla).
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