Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh)
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Bengali: প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয় (Protirakha Montronaloya) |
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| Formed | 14 April 1971 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Ganobhabon Complex, Shere Bangla Nagar, Dhaka |
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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).
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.
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.
The functions of the MoD are:
This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/.
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