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S. M. Moniruzzaman (admiral)
Saleh Mohammad Moniruzzaman is a two star admiral of the Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Ban ... and the incumbent chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority. Previously, he was the commander of Bangladesh Naval Fleet (COMBAN). Prior joining here, he had been serving as the managing director of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation. Early life and education Moniruzzaman had completed his higher secondary certificate from Cumilla Cadet College. Later he joined the Bangladesh Navy as an officer cadet in 1988. After two years of military training he was commissioned in the executive branch in 1990. Military career Moniruzzaman served as chief staff officer to commander Chattogram Naval Area from 2017 to 2018. After that, he served as pioneer commander floti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rear Admiral
Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is usually equivalent to the rank of major general in armies. In the U.S. Navy and some other navies, there are two rear admiral ranks. The term originated in the days of naval sailing squadrons and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. Each naval squadron was assigned an admiral as its head, who commanded from the centre vessel and directed the squadron's activities. The admiral would in turn be assisted by a vice admiral, who commanded the lead ships that bore the brunt of a battle. In the rear of the squadron, a third admiral commanded the remaining ships and, as this section was considered to be in the least danger, the admiral in command of it was typically the most junior. This has continued into the modern age, with rear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BN Rear Admiral Star Plate
BN, Bn or bn may refer to: Businesses and organizations Arts and media * RTV BN, a Bosnian Serb broadcaster * Bandai Namco, a gaming and entertainment conglomerate * Barnes & Noble, an American chain of bookstores * BN (band), Belarusian rock band Transport * Braniff International Airways (IATA code BN), a former American airline in service from 1928 to 1982 * Britten-Norman, a British manufacturer, based on the Isle of Wight, producing Islander and Trislander aircraft * La Brugeoise et Nivelles, a Belgian railway rolling stock manufacturer, now part of Alstom * Burlington Northern Railroad, a United States railroad that operated from 1970 to 1996 * Horizon Airlines (Australia) (IATA code BN), a former Australian airline, ending service in 2004 Other businesses and organizations * Banca Nuova, an Italian bank * Banque Nationale (other) several banks * Barisan Nasional (also known as "National Front"), a political coalition in Malaysia * British Naturism, the UK naturis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong Port Authority
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical miles from the shore of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. The CPA is part of the Ministry of Shipping. Chairman of Chittagong Port Authority Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman the current chairman of CPA. History The port of Chittagong has been in operation since at least the 4th century BC, and in modern times was governed by Port Commissioners and the Port Railway following the Port Commissioner's Act of 1887 in British India. After the partition of India in 1947 and a subsequent rise in port traffic, the modern Chittagong Port Authority began its existence in 1960 as the Chittagong Port Trust. Due to continued expansion and lack of effective governance, after the Bangladesh Liberation War the Port Trust was granted semi-autonomous status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNS Isa Khan
BNS ''Issa Khan'' is a naval base of the Bangladeshi Navy in Chittagong district of Bangladesh. It is the second largest base of Bangladesh Navy. History Before the Bangladesh Liberation War, the naval base was named as PNS Bakhtiar. After independence the base was named BNS Chittagong. Later, on December 10, 1974, Chittagong naval base was renamed as BNS Issa Khan by the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujbur Rahman named after the medieval Baro-Bhuyan chieftain Isa Khan. On 8 November 2016 President Abdul Hamid awarded National Standard to BNS Issa Khan. The BNS Issa Khan is currently under the command of the Commander Chattagram Naval Area ( COMCHIT). About 1800 personnel serve at Isa Khan. Issa Khan was established for the training of officers and sailors, as well as operating as a naval base. Several training schools are located here. See also * List of ships of the Bangladesh Navy *Bangladesh Navy Hydrographic & Oceanographic Center BN Hydrogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation is a state-owned, autonomous corporation in Bangladesh. It owns a number of ships and oil tankers, and also charters sea-going vessels from other operators. The vessels are used to carry ready-made garments and other export items, and also to import crude oil from Saudi Arabia and UAE. History In 1971, Pakistan's National Shipping Corporation took all the merchant fleet. Beginning in 1972, Bangladesh inherited no merchant vessel registered under its flag. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman realized the importance of the shipping sector at that time. On 5 February 1972, he established 'Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) under the President Order no-10 of 1972. On 10 June of the same year, BSC acquired the first national ship 'Banglar Doot' which was the first registered ship in independent Bangladesh. Soon after, BSC acquired 'Banglar Sampad' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dockyard And Engineering Works
Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) Limited is a ship construction and repair yard at Narayanganj, Bangladesh, owned by the Government of Bangladesh under Ministry of Defence and managed by the Bangladesh Navy. The yard built many small to medium-sized patrol boats for the Bangladesh Coast Guard and landing craft for the Bangladesh Navy. History The shipyard was founded in 1926. Initially, it was a profit-making institution which continued after the independence of Bangladesh. But it experienced a period of loss starting from the 1990s. As a result, it was laid off in 2002. On 7 December 2006, the yard was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy. From then, it is regaining its standard. From 1972 to 1977, this shipyard built the Pabna Class riverine patrol boats, which are the first Bangladesh-made warships. Naval projects * Pabna Class riverine patrol boats * Shobuj Bangla class inshore patrol vessels *Fast Patrol Boats *Harbour patrol boats *Landing craft tank *''X-12'' patrol boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards And Decorations Of The Bangladesh Armed Forces
The Bangladesh Armed Forces award medals and their associated ribbon bars in recognition of various levels of service, personal accomplishments and commemorative events while a regular serviceperson is a member of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. Together with military badges, such awards are a means to outwardly display the highlights of a serviceperson's career. Military medals Decorations in the order of precedence: Wartime gallantry awards Peacetime gallantry awards Liberation War medals Service and campaign medals Army service medals Navy service medals Campaign medals Service medals Long service awards Border guard medals The border guard medals are intended for awarding the officers of Border Guard Bangladesh. Police medals United Nations Service medals Order of Military Merit Commendation Padak The Commendation Padak is awarded to all members of the Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Navy today is typically categorized as a Green-water navy both domestically and internationally. History Origins The Bangladesh Navy was created as part of Bangladesh Forces during Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. Its official creation date is July 1971 during the Bangladesh Sector Commanders Conference 1971. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a brutal military crackdown in East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War was already underway. Many Bengali sailors and officers in the Pakistan Navy defected to form the nascent Bangladesh Navy. Initially, there were two ships, ''PADMA'' and ''PALASH'', and 45 navy personnel. On 9 November 1971, the first naval fleet, consisting of six small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumilla Cadet College
Cumilla Cadet College (; CCC) is a residential military high school and college in Cumilla, Bangladesh, for boys in grades 7 to 12. History Cumilla Cadet College (CCC) was created on 1 July 1983 by converting Cumilla Residential Model School, a government boarding school that had been established on the site in 1966. CCC formally opened on 7 April 1984 under founding principal Lt. Col. Nurul Anwar, with 150 cadets in three intakes. In the months that followed, three more intakes brought it to full enrollment. Campus The campus is located in Kotbari, Cumilla, about southwest of the city center and near the Buddhist archaeological site Shalban Vihara, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), and Cumilla University. The college campus covers an area of 50.74 acres. Curriculum Cadet colleges are under the control of the Army. CCC also maintains a separate school and college for girls. Admission starts from seventh grade. At the end of tenth grade, cadets sit the Secondar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Bangladeshi Navy Admirals
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the permanent residents of the former East Pakistan were transformed into citizens of a new republic. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous nation. The vast majority of Bangladeshis are ethnolinguistically Bengalis, an Indo-Aryan people. The population of Bangladesh is concentrated in the fertile Bengal delta, which has been the centre of urban and agrarian civilizations for millennia. The country's highlands, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of the Sylhet Division, are home to various tribal minorities. Bengali Muslims are the predominant ethnoreligious group of Bangladesh with a population of 150.36 million, which makes up 91.04% of the country's population as of 2022. The minority Bengali Hindu population made up approximately 7.95% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
