Department of Military Lands and Cantonments is the Government department responsible for the land management of cantonments in Bangladesh. Shamim Ahmed is the current Director General of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments.
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| Formation | 1970 |
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| Headquarters | Dhaka Cantonment |
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Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bangla, English |
Director General | Shamim Ahmed |
Parent organization | Ministry of Defense |
| Website | www |
Department of Military Lands and Cantonments was established on 15 August 1970 in Dhaka as a Directorate. It was fully upgraded to a department in 1982. The department manages the lands through three circles. The circles are North circle in Bogra, Central circle in Dhaka, and Eastern circle in Chittagong. Each cantonment is managed by a cantonment board. [1]
On 20 April 2009, the Department of Military Lands and Cantonments sent a notice to Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, to evict her cantonment residence which was given to her after the assassination of her husband, President Ziaur Rahman. Khaledia Zia challenged the notice at Bangladesh High court which ruled against her, stating that the allotment of the house inside Dhaka cantonment was illegal. [2] [3] On 14 November 2010 she vacated her house in Dhaka Cantonment. [4]
| Cantonment Board | Name | Short name | Established | location | website |
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| Dhaka Cantonment Board | Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College | SRCC | 5 October 1998 AD. | Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka-1206 | www |
| Shaheed Bir Bikram Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School | SBBRCS | 1939 AD | Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka-1206 | ||
| Muslim Modern Academy | 1963 AD | Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka-1206 | www | ||
| Dhaka Cantonment Board Adarsh Vidya Niketan | DCBABIN | February 1979 AD. | Manikadi, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka-1206 | dcbabn | |
| Senapally High School | 1982 AD | Mirpur-14, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka | |||
| Riverview Cantonment Board School | 2001 AD | Postgola Cantonment, Dhaka-1204 | |||
| Cantonment Board High School, Mirpur | Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka | ||||
| Chittagong Cantonment Board | Chittagong Cantonment Board High School | CCBHS | Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong | ||
| Bayezid Bostami Cantonment Board High School | Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong | ||||
| Jahangir Line High School | Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong | ||||
| Bangladesh Military Academy High School | Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiari, Chittagong | ||||
| Shaheed Lt. GM Mushfique Bir Uttam High School | Halishahar, Chittagong | ||||
| Comilla Cantonment Board | Cantonment College, Comilla | CCC | Comilla Cantonment, Comilla | ccc | |
| Cantonment Board Boys High School | Comilla Cantonment | ||||
| Cantonment Board Girls High School | Comilla Cantonment | ||||
| Cantonment Board Secondary School, Comilla Cantonment | Comilla Cantonment | ||||
| Bogra Cantonment Board | Bogra Cantonment Board High School | Bogra cantonment | |||
| Cantonment Board High School Jahangirabad | 1984 AD | Bogra Cantonment, Bogra | |||
| Jessore Cantonment Board | Dawood Public School and College | DPSC | 3 September 1959 | Jessore Cantonment, Jessore | www |
| Cantonment High School, Jessore | 1982 AD | Jessore Cantonment, Jessore | www | ||
| Cantonment Board Lower Secondary School | Jessore Cantonment | ||||
| Savar Cantonment Board | Savar Cantonment Board Boys High School | SCBBHS | 1979 AD | Savar Cantonment, Dhaka | |
| Savar Cantonment Board Girls High School | SCBGHS | Savar Cantonment, Savar, Dhaka | scbghs | ||
| Gazipur Cantonment Board | Gazipur Cantonment Board High School | 1968 AD | BOF, Gazipur Cantonment | ||
| Gazipur Cantonment Board Girls High School | BOF, Gazipur Cantonment | ||||
| Cantonment Board High School, Rajendrapur | Rajendrapur Cantonm | ||||
| Jahanabad Cantonment Board | Cantonment Public School, Jahanabad Cantonment, Khulna | www | |||
| Rajshahi Cantonment Board | Rajshahi Cantonment Board School and College | RCBSC | 1986 AD | Rajshahi Cantonment, Rajshahi-6202 | www |
| Mymensingh Cantonment Board | Cantonment Board High School, Momenshahi Cantonment | 15 July 1990 | Momenshahi Cantonment | cbhsmym | |
| Ghatail Cantonment Board | Cantonment Board High School, Ghatail, Tangail | CBHSGT | 1984 AD | Shaheed Salahuddin Cantonment, Ghatail, Tangail | www |
| Jalalabad Cantonment Board | Jalalabad Cantonment Board High School | JCBHS | 1980 AD | Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet | www |
| Cantonment Board Girls High School, Rangpur | 1 January 1995 | Rangpur Cantonment, Rangpur | cbghsrangpur | ||
| Cantonment Board High School, Bir Uttam Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment | 1994 AD | Bir Uttam Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment, Parvatipur, Dinajpur | cbhsbusms | ||
| Saiddpur Cantonment Board | Saidpur Cantonment Board High School | Syedpur Cantonment, Syedpur, Nilphamari, 5310 | |||
| Qadirabad Cantonment Board | Mahmudul Hasan Primary School, Qadirabad Cantonment | Qadirabad Cantonment | |||
| Qadirabad Cantonment Public School | QCPS | Kadirabad Cantonment, Dayarampur, Bagatipara, Natore | |||
| Qadirabad Cantonment Sapper College | QCSC | 1995 AD | Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore | www |
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