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Maj. Gen. Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman was commissioned into the Bangladesh Army in 1981 and promoted to major general in 2011. He has commanded an infantry battalion, two infantry brigades and an infantry division. He has also served as brigade major, general staff officer grade one and director of military operations at Bangladesh Army headquarters.
Bangladesh and the United States are negotiating two defense agreements that would allow Bangladesh to purchase advanced military equipment from the U.S. as part of its goal to modernize the Bangladesh military by 2030. A report in The Daily Star newspaper in Bangladesh said the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and ...
Bangladesh received a loan of up to 2.65 billion yen (U.S. $25.4 million) for the project from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which provides technical and other assistance to promote economic and social growth in developing nations, according to news reports.
Interoperability factored into the purchases, Sukadis said. Variants of the F-15 and F-16 fighters are used by partner forces including Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the U.S. The Dassault Rafale, meanwhile, also is used by India, while Bangladesh and Malaysia are considering acquiring the aircraft.
India looks to new partners, maturing defense agreements to counter Chinese aggression. Sarosh Bana. There is a method to the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) vigorous outreach seeking to buy influence with India’s immediate neighbors Bangladesh, Burma, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and by menacing India’s closest ally, Bhutan.
In his opening remarks, Gen. Charles Flynn, commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, called the symposium a venue for bilateral and multilateral engagements, relationship building and idea sharing. “Growing uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific demands and necessitates that leaders from armies — and armies — pull together and draw closer as partners ...
Tom Abke. The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) lack of respect for international law bodes poorly for coastal states’ long-held hopes for an effective code of conduct for the South China Sea, analysts say.
When Cyclone Gulab forced nearly 50,000 people from their homes in western India in late September 2021, teams of the Indian Army and Navy, along with ships and aircraft, deployed to the coasts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states to bring relief supplies and perform search and rescue, reported India’s Hindustan Times newspaper.
Observer nations included Australia, Bangladesh, France, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. The combat training center in Hawaii, which also has a campus in Alaska and an exportable training capability for use elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific, provides realistic scenarios that replicate peer and near-peer combat ...
Following Cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh worked with the United States to build 88 new schools that also serve as shelters during emergencies. Funded by the U.S. and managed by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the schools house 200 students daily and accommodate 1,800 people during an emergency.