List of formations of the Bangladesh Army

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The Bangladesh Army is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff who is a four star general and chief administrative officer at Army Headquarters. Under the command of army headquarters, Bangladesh Army has 1 training command, 1 logistics command and 10 area commands consigned with their coequal divisions. The training command is also the doctrine body of the army and is commanded by a general officer commanding with the rank of Lieutenant General. The area commands are adjured by area commanders, who are also general officer commanding of their respective divisions which precisely commanded by a major general. In addition, there are several independent brigades commanded by a brigade commander in the rank of brigadier general.

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Army Headquarters

Administrations

Affiliated organizations

Area Headquarters

Each Area headquarters are commended above the station headquarters. A Station commander of certain areas usually in the rank of brigadier general, may not be attached to the particular division the station command falls under.

Logistics Area

Savar Area

Bogura Area

Chattogram Area

Jashore Area

Cumilla Area

Rangpur Area

Ghatail Area

Sylhet Area

Cox's Bazar Area

Barishal Area

Army Training and Doctrine Command(ARTDOC)

DivisionAreaCantonment
7th Infantry DivisionBarishal1.Barishal Cantonment (HQ)
9th Infantry DivisionSavar1.Savar Cantonment, Dhaka (HQ)

2.Padma Cantonment, Munshiganj

10th Infantry DivisionCox's Bazar1.Ramu Cantonment, Cox's Bazar (HQ)

2.Alikadam Cantonment, Bandarban

11th Infantry DivisionBogura1.Bogura Cantonment (HQ)

2.Jahangirabar Cantonment, Bogura

3.Qadirabad Cantonment, Natore

17th Infantry DivisionSylhet1.Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet (HQ)

2.Sylhet Cantonment

19th Infantry DivisionGhatail1.Ghatail Cantonment, Tangail (HQ)

2.Jamuna Cantonment, Tangail

3.Mymensigh Cantonment

4.Mithamain Cantonment, Kishoreganj

24th Infantry DivisionChattogram1. Chittagong Cantonment (HQ)

2.Halishahar Cantonment, Chittagong

3.Dighinala cantonment, Khagrachari

4.Khagrachari cantonment, Khagrachari

5.Guimara cantonment, Khagrachari

6.Bandarban Cantonment

7.Rangamati cantonment

8.Kaptai cantonment, Rangamati

33rd Infantry DivisionCumilla1.Cumilla Cantonment (HQ)
55th Infantry DivisionJashore1.Jeshore cantonment (HQ)

2.Jahanabad cantonment, Khulna

66th Infantry DivisionRangpur1.Rangpur Cantonment (HQ)

2.Kholahati Cantonment, Dinajpur

3.Saidpur Cantonment, Nilphamari

Logistics Area1.Dhaka Cantonment (HQ)

2.Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka

3.Rajendrapur Cantonment, Gazipur

Independent Installations

The following installations fall directly under Army headquarters command.

Regiments

Brigades

References

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