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1 lakh posts created for armed forces, agencies in 7 years
Military hardware, security and intel devices provided
DEEPAK ACHARJEE
In a bid to strengthen the armed forces and the law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the government, over the past seven years, has created nearly 1 lakh posts in these forces and agencies. At the same time, huge quantities of military hardware, fighter planes and helicopters, sophisticated arms and ammunition and security devices have been purchased to enhance their efficiency and capabilities. Of these posts, the highest—an additional 82,000 posts—have been established in the police department, the second highest (10,884 posts) in the Bangladesh Army, 3,200 posts for the Coast Guard, 646 posts for Ansar Battalions and 517 posts for the Bangladesh Air Force, sources said. The sources in the home ministry and the police headquarters said the government has bolstered the police department by recruiting at least 35,000 people so far, from 82,000 posts created. Some 47,000 more people would be gradually recruited soon.
Additional deputy inspector general (administration) of Police Headquarters, Abdul Alim, told The Independent that at least 8,000 posts have been created for the police department in the last two years after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement to create 50,000 police posts recently. During the last regime of the present government, 32,000 posts had been created, he said.
Sources in the police headquarters said that of the 50,000 posts, some 316 posts have been created for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of a total of 2,436 existing posts in the investigating agency. At the same time, 2,260 more posts of 25 categories have been created for the Special Branch (SB) of police in addition to the existing 3,914 posts. Apart from these posts, 7,139 posts for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)—in addition to the existing 26,661 posts—1,294 posts for the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in addition to the existing 5,785; 801 posts for the Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) in addition to the existing 1,203; 3,257 posts for Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), in addition to the existing 885; 660 posts for Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) in addition to the existing 2,442; 2,370 posts for the newly formed Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RMP) and 1,152 posts for the proposed Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) would be created soon.
The government has also strengthened the Bangladesh Army by creating at least 10,884 posts in different categories, including the posts of Brigadier General, Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, and Major as part of implementing the Forces Goal by 2030.
Of these posts, two ranks of Brigadier General, one rank of Colonel, 20 ranks of Lieutenant Colonel, 137 ranks of Major, 207 ranks of Captain, 65 ranks of Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant, 12 ranks of master warrant officer, 831 ranks of sergeant, and 6,651 ranks of sepoy are for the new Ramu Infantry Division, known as ‘10 Infantry Division’, in Ramu under Cox’s Bazar district, launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 1 this year.
During the AL-led government, one infantry brigade, one mixed brigade, one special works organisation, one armour unit, three infantry units, two artillery regiments, one riverine engineers’ battalion, two engineering construction battalions, and one supply and transport battalion have been formed in the last seven years.
The manpower in Bangladesh Army totals 7,32,000, according to Army entry in Wikipedia. Of them, 260,000 are active personnel and 472,000 are in reserve. On January 16, 2013, the government signed a USD 1 billion deal with the Russian government to procure military hardware for the armed forces to make them more efficient.
To make a three-dimensional force with a view to ensuring security of 1,18,813 sq. km of sea territory, the Bangladesh Navy has prepared a plan to spend Tk. 14,000 crore by purchasing military hardware. A number of posts have already been created for the naval force. The government has decided to upgrade the post of the chief of the force to Admiral from the existing rank of Vice Admiral. The government has signed an agreement with China under a state-to-state deal to purchase two Ming-class submarines by 2016 to protect the country’s maritime resources and territorial waters.
A Dornier 228NG (New Generation) aircraft has been inducted into the Bangladesh Navy for maritime patrol and rescue mission along the country’s coastline. The existing manpower of the force totals 22,000, said sources at the naval headquarters.
With the two forces, the government has also created 517 posts of the existing manpower of 15,000 of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to implement the Forces Goal by 2030, sources at the defence ministry and the BAF Headquarters said. Of the new posts, ranks of Group Captain, Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Flight Lieutenant, Master Warrant Officer, Senior Warrant Officer, and Warrant Officer have been created for operating five radar units. Of the 517 posts, 360 are for four ATS Radar Units and 157 for Cox’s Bazar Radar Unit. The government is going to procure transport trainer, maritime search and rescue helicopter, jet trainer and combat trainer aircraft for BAF. New high-powered defence rudder aircraft are also being processed for procurement, to be included in BAF fleet to monitor the exclusive economic zone in the maritime boundary. The BAF was established in 1971 with 300 personnel from the Pakistan Air Force.
At the same time, the government has strengthened the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to ensure security for the 4,427-km-long border of the country. Modern equipment and arms and ammunition have been procured for it. At the same time, a number of border outposts (BoPs) has been set up. BGB director general Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed disclosed that they are planning to increase their strength of the border force soon through fresh recruitments. “We want to decrease the gaps among the BoPs at the borders,” he said. After the BDR mutiny on 25–26 February, 2009, which claimed 74 lives, including those of 57 meritorious Army officers, the government reorganised the force and changed its name by enacting a new Act, ‘Border Guard Bangladesh Act, 2010’. Its existing manpower is 53,000.
To ensure the security of the country’s coastal belt, the government created 3,200 posts in different categories for the Bangladesh Coast Guard out of the existing 2,600. At the same time, the government decided to purchase helicopters, offshore patrol vessels and other equipment for the Coast Guard. Already the government has ordered the purchase of four class corvette ships—Minerva, Urania, Danaide and Sibilla—from Italy. The ships would be included in the fleet soon to smoothly conduct operations of the coastal force and also protect the 710-km sea boundary.
Along with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, the government has strengthened the activities of the Bangladesh Ansar by creating 14,000 posts for the Battalion Ansar, out of a total of 15,764 posts to make the jobs of 39 battalions permanent. Except the Battalion Ansar, more than over 18,000 posts have been created for the embodied Ansar. Except the strength of the Ansar, there are about around 58,40,000 village defence parties (VDPs) under the Ansar Bahini, who help maintain law and order. On March 2, the government has amended the existing Battalion Ansar (amendment) Act, keeping the provision of forced retirement and halting of promotion as punishments.
Not just the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, the government has also strengthened the activities of intelligence agencies like the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) by creating new posts and providing modern security and intelligence devices. Some 634 posts, including one of additional director of a total of an existing 12,000 of the agency, were created on a temporary basis in 2011 by amending the Civilian Intelligence Officers and Employees (intelligence and security) Recruitment Rules, 1984, of the agency.
According to the amended rules of the agency, 51 posts of assistant director, 47 posts of deputy assistant director, 72 security inspector, 42 posts of security sub-inspector and 61 posts of security assistant sub-inspector would be filled up through promotions and direct recruitment, and other posts like 37 security supervisors would be appointed through recruitment.
As part of the reorganisation of the country’s intelligence agencies, the government has amended the recruitment rules of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) by upgrading the post of deputy director (DD) from the post of assistant director (AD) and joint director from the post of DD and abolished the post of deputy assistant director (DAD) in 2014.
In 2009, the government reorganised and strengthened the country’s major intelligence agency, NSI, to make it more efficient. Under the new organisational set-up, there are 2,326 posts, including one director-general, nine directors, nine additional directors, 50 joint directors, 118 deputy directors and 295 assistant directors.
Source: 1 lakh posts created for armed forces, agencies in 7 years | theindependentbd.com
Military hardware, security and intel devices provided
DEEPAK ACHARJEE
In a bid to strengthen the armed forces and the law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the government, over the past seven years, has created nearly 1 lakh posts in these forces and agencies. At the same time, huge quantities of military hardware, fighter planes and helicopters, sophisticated arms and ammunition and security devices have been purchased to enhance their efficiency and capabilities. Of these posts, the highest—an additional 82,000 posts—have been established in the police department, the second highest (10,884 posts) in the Bangladesh Army, 3,200 posts for the Coast Guard, 646 posts for Ansar Battalions and 517 posts for the Bangladesh Air Force, sources said. The sources in the home ministry and the police headquarters said the government has bolstered the police department by recruiting at least 35,000 people so far, from 82,000 posts created. Some 47,000 more people would be gradually recruited soon.
Additional deputy inspector general (administration) of Police Headquarters, Abdul Alim, told The Independent that at least 8,000 posts have been created for the police department in the last two years after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement to create 50,000 police posts recently. During the last regime of the present government, 32,000 posts had been created, he said.
Sources in the police headquarters said that of the 50,000 posts, some 316 posts have been created for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of a total of 2,436 existing posts in the investigating agency. At the same time, 2,260 more posts of 25 categories have been created for the Special Branch (SB) of police in addition to the existing 3,914 posts. Apart from these posts, 7,139 posts for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)—in addition to the existing 26,661 posts—1,294 posts for the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) in addition to the existing 5,785; 801 posts for the Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) in addition to the existing 1,203; 3,257 posts for Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), in addition to the existing 885; 660 posts for Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) in addition to the existing 2,442; 2,370 posts for the newly formed Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RMP) and 1,152 posts for the proposed Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) would be created soon.
The government has also strengthened the Bangladesh Army by creating at least 10,884 posts in different categories, including the posts of Brigadier General, Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, and Major as part of implementing the Forces Goal by 2030.
Of these posts, two ranks of Brigadier General, one rank of Colonel, 20 ranks of Lieutenant Colonel, 137 ranks of Major, 207 ranks of Captain, 65 ranks of Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant, 12 ranks of master warrant officer, 831 ranks of sergeant, and 6,651 ranks of sepoy are for the new Ramu Infantry Division, known as ‘10 Infantry Division’, in Ramu under Cox’s Bazar district, launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 1 this year.
During the AL-led government, one infantry brigade, one mixed brigade, one special works organisation, one armour unit, three infantry units, two artillery regiments, one riverine engineers’ battalion, two engineering construction battalions, and one supply and transport battalion have been formed in the last seven years.
The manpower in Bangladesh Army totals 7,32,000, according to Army entry in Wikipedia. Of them, 260,000 are active personnel and 472,000 are in reserve. On January 16, 2013, the government signed a USD 1 billion deal with the Russian government to procure military hardware for the armed forces to make them more efficient.
To make a three-dimensional force with a view to ensuring security of 1,18,813 sq. km of sea territory, the Bangladesh Navy has prepared a plan to spend Tk. 14,000 crore by purchasing military hardware. A number of posts have already been created for the naval force. The government has decided to upgrade the post of the chief of the force to Admiral from the existing rank of Vice Admiral. The government has signed an agreement with China under a state-to-state deal to purchase two Ming-class submarines by 2016 to protect the country’s maritime resources and territorial waters.
A Dornier 228NG (New Generation) aircraft has been inducted into the Bangladesh Navy for maritime patrol and rescue mission along the country’s coastline. The existing manpower of the force totals 22,000, said sources at the naval headquarters.
With the two forces, the government has also created 517 posts of the existing manpower of 15,000 of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to implement the Forces Goal by 2030, sources at the defence ministry and the BAF Headquarters said. Of the new posts, ranks of Group Captain, Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Flight Lieutenant, Master Warrant Officer, Senior Warrant Officer, and Warrant Officer have been created for operating five radar units. Of the 517 posts, 360 are for four ATS Radar Units and 157 for Cox’s Bazar Radar Unit. The government is going to procure transport trainer, maritime search and rescue helicopter, jet trainer and combat trainer aircraft for BAF. New high-powered defence rudder aircraft are also being processed for procurement, to be included in BAF fleet to monitor the exclusive economic zone in the maritime boundary. The BAF was established in 1971 with 300 personnel from the Pakistan Air Force.
At the same time, the government has strengthened the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to ensure security for the 4,427-km-long border of the country. Modern equipment and arms and ammunition have been procured for it. At the same time, a number of border outposts (BoPs) has been set up. BGB director general Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed disclosed that they are planning to increase their strength of the border force soon through fresh recruitments. “We want to decrease the gaps among the BoPs at the borders,” he said. After the BDR mutiny on 25–26 February, 2009, which claimed 74 lives, including those of 57 meritorious Army officers, the government reorganised the force and changed its name by enacting a new Act, ‘Border Guard Bangladesh Act, 2010’. Its existing manpower is 53,000.
To ensure the security of the country’s coastal belt, the government created 3,200 posts in different categories for the Bangladesh Coast Guard out of the existing 2,600. At the same time, the government decided to purchase helicopters, offshore patrol vessels and other equipment for the Coast Guard. Already the government has ordered the purchase of four class corvette ships—Minerva, Urania, Danaide and Sibilla—from Italy. The ships would be included in the fleet soon to smoothly conduct operations of the coastal force and also protect the 710-km sea boundary.
Along with the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, the government has strengthened the activities of the Bangladesh Ansar by creating 14,000 posts for the Battalion Ansar, out of a total of 15,764 posts to make the jobs of 39 battalions permanent. Except the Battalion Ansar, more than over 18,000 posts have been created for the embodied Ansar. Except the strength of the Ansar, there are about around 58,40,000 village defence parties (VDPs) under the Ansar Bahini, who help maintain law and order. On March 2, the government has amended the existing Battalion Ansar (amendment) Act, keeping the provision of forced retirement and halting of promotion as punishments.
Not just the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, the government has also strengthened the activities of intelligence agencies like the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) by creating new posts and providing modern security and intelligence devices. Some 634 posts, including one of additional director of a total of an existing 12,000 of the agency, were created on a temporary basis in 2011 by amending the Civilian Intelligence Officers and Employees (intelligence and security) Recruitment Rules, 1984, of the agency.
According to the amended rules of the agency, 51 posts of assistant director, 47 posts of deputy assistant director, 72 security inspector, 42 posts of security sub-inspector and 61 posts of security assistant sub-inspector would be filled up through promotions and direct recruitment, and other posts like 37 security supervisors would be appointed through recruitment.
As part of the reorganisation of the country’s intelligence agencies, the government has amended the recruitment rules of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) by upgrading the post of deputy director (DD) from the post of assistant director (AD) and joint director from the post of DD and abolished the post of deputy assistant director (DAD) in 2014.
In 2009, the government reorganised and strengthened the country’s major intelligence agency, NSI, to make it more efficient. Under the new organisational set-up, there are 2,326 posts, including one director-general, nine directors, nine additional directors, 50 joint directors, 118 deputy directors and 295 assistant directors.
Source: 1 lakh posts created for armed forces, agencies in 7 years | theindependentbd.com
