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{{short description|Naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Bangladesh Navy
| native_name                   = {{lang|bn|বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী}}<br />{{transliteration|bn|Bāṅlādēś Nôubāhinī}}
| image                         = বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর মনোগ্রাম.svg
| image_size                    = 200px
| caption                       = [[Crest (heraldry)|Crest]] of the Bangladesh Navy
| start_date                    = July 1971{{cn|date=October 2024}}
| country                       = {{BAN}}
| branch                        = 
| type                          = [[Navy]]
| role                          = [[Naval warfare]]
| size                          = 27,500 personnel<ref name=personnel>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সশস্ত্রবাহিনীর মোট সদস্য সংখ্যা দুই লাখ চার হাজার ৫৯৬ জন |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/news/2017/06/08/238362 |work=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]] |date=8 June 2017 |language=bn}}</ref><ref name = personnel2>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সশস্ত্র বাহিনীর সদস্য সংখ্যা ২ লাখ ৪ হাজার ৫৯৬ জন |url=https://dailysangram.com/post/287234-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A7%A8-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%96-%E0%A7%AA-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AC-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8 |work=[[The Daily Sangram]] |language=bn |access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> <br />74 ships{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} <br />6 aircraft<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|title= World Air Forces 2020|publisher= Flightglobal Insight|year= 2020|access-date= 10 December 2019|url-access= registration|archive-date= 10 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191210142102/https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|url-status= live}}</ref>
| command_structure             = {{Flagicon image|Bangladesh Armed Forces Flag.svg|size=23px}} [[Bangladesh Armed Forces]]
| garrison                      = Naval Headquarters (NHQ), [[Banani Model Town|Banani]], [[Dhaka Division|Dhaka]]
| garrison_label                = Naval Headquarters
| nickname                      = BN
| patron                        = [[President of Bangladesh|The President of Bangladesh]]
| motto                         = শান্তিতে সংগ্রামে সমুদ্রে দুর্জয়<br />''Śāntitē Sôṅgrāmē Sômudrē Durjôẏ''<br />("In War and Peace Invincible at Sea")
| colors                        = * [[Service dress uniform|Service uniform]]: White,Black<br />{{colour box|#FFFFFF}}{{colour box|#000000}}
* [[Combat uniform]]: Crayola's Cadet Blue, Black Coral, Rainbow Indigo, Gunmetal<br />{{colour box|#B2B4CB}}{{colour box|#515A6B}}{{colour box|#27395F}}{{colour box|#322F42}}
| colors_label                  = 
| march                         = 
| mascot                        = 
| equipment                     = * [[File:Army Medal Bar.png|40px]] Navy Medal
* [[File:Extraordiary Service Medal.png|40px]] Extraordinary Service Medal
* [[File:Army Medal of Excellence Bar.png|40px]] Distinguished Service Medal
* [[File:Navy Glorious Service Medal Ribbon.png|40px]] Navy Glorious Service Medal
* [[File:Army Medal of Glory.gif|40px]] Navy Medal of Excellence
* [[File:Distinguished Service Medal new.png|40px]] Navy Efficiency Medal
| equipment_label               = Awards
| battles                       = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />[[Operation Jackpot]]<br />[[2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff]]
| anniversaries                 = 
| decorations                   = 
| website                       = {{URL|www.navy.mil.bd}}
| battle_honors                 = <!-- Commanders -->
<!-- Commanders -->| commander1                    = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of Bangladesh.svg|size=23px}} [[Mohammed Shahabuddin|President Mohammed Sahabuddin]]
| commander1_label              = [[Commander-in-chief]]
| commander2                    = {{Flagicon image|Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh) Flag.svg|size=23px}} [[Admiral (Bangladesh)|Admiral]] [[Mohammad Nazmul Hassan]]<ref name = "Admiral">{{cite news|title=Navy Chief M Nazmul Hassan promoted to Admiral |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/324285/navy-chief-m-nazmul-hassan-promoted-to-admiral |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=3 September 2023 |access-date=4 September 2023}}</ref>
| commander2_label              = [[List of Chiefs of Naval Staff|Chief of Naval Staff]]
<!-- Insignia -->| identification_symbol         = [[File:Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh) Flag.svg|border|140px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = [[War flag|Flag]]
| identification_symbol_2       = [[File:Naval Ensign of Bangladesh.svg|border|140px]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = [[Naval ensign|Ensign]]
| identification_symbol_3       = [[File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg|140px]]
| identification_symbol_3_label = [[Naval jack|Jack]]
| identification_symbol_4       = [[File:Roundel of Bangladesh – Naval Aviation.svg|100px]]
| identification_symbol_4_label = [[Roundel]]
| aircraft_helicopter           = [[AgustaWestland AW109|AW-109E Power]]
| aircraft_patrol               = [[Dornier 228|Dornier 228NG]]
}}

The '''Bangladesh Navy''' ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী|Bāṅlādēś Nôubāhinī}}) is the [[naval warfare]] branch of the [[Bangladesh Armed Forces]], responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's {{convert|118813|sqkm}} of maritime territorial area from any external threat, and the security of [[sea port]]s and [[exclusive economic zone]]s of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh's maritime boundary extends|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/07/10/44295|work=[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)]]|location=[[Dhaka]]|access-date=2 July 2015|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091932/https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bangladesh Navy is a front line disaster management force in Bangladesh. The navy takes part in [[United Nations peacekeeping]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy being upgraded as a global standard force: PM|url=http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=216898$date=2011-12-27&dateCurrent=2012-01-02|work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|date=27 December 2011|access-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315100921/http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=216898$date=2011-12-27&dateCurrent=2012-01-02|archive-date=15 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM: Navy to get two submarines by 2015|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/mar/01/pm-visits-chittagong|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=1 March 2014|access-date=15 March 2014|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305105503/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/mar/01/pm-visits-chittagong|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|Military history of Bangladesh}}

===Origins===
The Bangladesh Navy was created as part of [[Bangladesh Forces]] during Bangladesh's [[Bangladesh Liberation War|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 [[patrol vessel]]s, was inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|last=Sheren|first=Syeda Momtaz|article=War of Liberation, The}}</ref> These ships tried to carry out raids on the Pakistani fleet, but were mistakenly hit and sunk by the [[Indian Air Force]] on 10 December 1971. The next major attack was launched on [[Port of Mongla|Mongla]] seaport. According to official figures from the Bangladesh Navy, a total of 334 sailors were involved with the newly created navy, with 22 being killed in action.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bangladeshnavy.org/liber.html |title=Bangladesh Navy in Liberation War |website=Bangladesh Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613092723/http://bangladeshnavy.org/liber.html |archive-date=13 June 2010}}</ref>

===Independence to the end of the 20th century===
The navy carried out around 45 operations during the war: traditional naval operations and unconventional [[commando]] operations including [[guerrilla warfare]].  In the first leg of the war, defecting [[Bengal]]i sailors joined the guerrilla forces. It was the eight sailors who defected from the [[Pakistan Navy]] submarine ''PNS Mangro'', under construction in France, that pioneered the formation of the naval element during the Liberation War.  Later many other naval personnel participated.  During the Liberation War, East Pakistan was divided into 11 sectors.  Each sector had a commander and a demarcated area of responsibility except sector 10. Sector 10 was nominally responsible for the coastal belt but actually operated over the entire country.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Bangladesh Navy|url=http://www.bangladeshnavy.mil.bd/history.html|website=Bangladesh Navy|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704035414/http://www.bangladeshnavy.mil.bd/history.html|archive-date=4 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1971, it was imperative for the occupation force to keep ports and harbours operative and the sea lines of communication open. The Bangladesh Navy fought to block the sea lines of communication, and to make the sea and river ports inoperative. They attacked all the seaports including many river ports. [[Operation Jackpot]] is one of the best known and most successful operations. They carried out [[Naval mine|mining]] in the [[Pasur River]] Channel by patrol craft. With other fighters they also carried out attacks against the Pakistan Army.  As a result, Bangladesh became an independent state within the shortest possible time.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Bangladesh Naval Academy|url=http://www.bangladeshnavy.mil.bd/bna.html|website=Bangladesh Navy|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704015728/http://www.bangladeshnavy.mil.bd/bna.html|archive-date=4 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After independence, especially in the 1970s, additional naval infrastructure was required. Two ex-[[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]]s joined the Bangladesh Navy as {{ship|BNS|Umar Farooq|1976|6}} and {{ship|BNS|Ali Haider|1978|6}} in 1976 and 1978 respectively. In 1982, a third ex-Royal Navy frigate joined the BN as {{ship|BNS|Abu Bakr|1982|6}}. The acquisition of these three frigates is considered the principal foundation of the Bangladesh Navy.

===21st century===
{{See also|2008 Bangladesh–Myanmar naval standoff}}
In 2011, the Bangladesh Navy's rescue and medical team, along with the Bangladesh Army, was deployed to Japan after the [[Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]].<ref>{{cite press release |title= Acceptance of Relief Supplies from Bangladesh |url= http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/3/0329_01.html |publisher =Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |date=29 March 2011 |access-date=3 July 2015 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004084100/http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2011/3/0329_01.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Bangladesh Navy has been an active disaster recovery force abroad. In 2013, the navy deployed {{ship|BNS|Somudra Joy}} carrying humanitarian assistance worth $1&nbsp;million. The Bangladesh Navy's medical team was also deployed to the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=BN Ship Sailed for Humanitarian Assistance to Philippines |url= http://www.afd.gov.bd/index.php/media-center/news-events/54-bn-ship-sailed-for-humanitarian-assistance-to-phillipines |publisher= [[Armed Forces Division]] |access-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150704060127/http://www.afd.gov.bd/index.php/media-center/news-events/54-bn-ship-sailed-for-humanitarian-assistance-to-phillipines |archive-date=4 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Bangladesh Navy joined in the search operation for missing [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] with {{ship|BNS|Bangabandhu}}, BNS ''Umar Faruq'' and a [[Dornier 228#Dornier 228NG|Dornier 228NG]] MPA in March 2014. The aircraft was a [[Boeing 777#777-200ER|Boeing 777-200ER]] which had gone missing with 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 nations during the flight from [[Malaysia]] to China. Later, BNS ''Umar Farooq'' was replaced by BNS ''Somudra Joy''. The search was renewed in May 2014, when an Australian exploration company claimed to have traced aircraft debris in the [[Bay of Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/navy-scouring-bay-of-bengal-again-for-mh370-after-georesonance-claim |title=Navy scouring Bay of Bengal again for MH370 after GeoResonance claim |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=1 July 2014}}</ref> In 2014, during the Water Crisis in [[Maldives]], the Bangladesh Navy was the first to launch humanitarian aid relief by deploying BNS ''Somudra Joy'' with 100 tonnes of bottled water.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh sends water to aid Maldives crisis |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-sends-water-to-aid-maldives-crisis-53990 |access-date=18 July 2015 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=7 December 2014 |location=[[Dhaka]]}}</ref>

===Forces Goal 2030===
In 2009, the Bangladesh government adopted a long-term modernisation plan for its armed forces called [[Forces Goal 2030]]. {{as of|2013|post=,}} about a third of the military hardware procured under the plan has been for the navy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasanuzzaman |first=Al Masud |chapter=Civil-Military Relations |year=2016 |editor1-last=Riaz |editor1-first=Ali |editor2-last=Sajjadur Rahman |editor2-first=Mohammad |title=Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nC9-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA115 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |page=115 |isbn=978-1-317-30877-5}}</ref> It procured two refurbished [[Type 053 frigate#Type 053H surface-warfare frigate|Type 053H2 (Jianghu III) frigates]] from China in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2-modern-warships-commissioned |title=2 Modern Warships Commissioned |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=1 March 2014 |access-date=31 October 2015}}</ref> Two [[United States Coast Guard]] [[High Endurance Cutter]]s joined the BN in 2013<ref name="BDN23122013">{{cite news|title=4 warships including Somoudra Joy commissioned|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/4-warships-including-somoudra-joy-commissioned|access-date=18 July 2015|newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=23 December 2013}}</ref> and 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://navaltoday.com/2015/05/07/former-uscgc-rush-joins-bangladesh-navy/ |title=US hands over second naval ship to Bangladesh |website=navaltoday.com |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=16 August 2015 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091904/https://www.navaltoday.com/2015/05/07/former-uscgc-rush-joins-bangladesh-navy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which are being used as patrol frigates. Navy also bought an ex-Royal Navy ''Roebuck''-class [[survey vessel]] and two ex-Royal Navy {{sclass2|Castle|patrol vessel|0}} [[offshore patrol vessel]]s (OPVs) which were converted to [[Corvette|guided missile corvette]]s in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/navy-to-be-made-3d-pm|title=Navy to be made 3D: PM|newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=5 March 2011|access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref> Two [[Type 056 corvette]]s joined the BN in 2016 while two more were ordered in July 2015 and they are awaiting commissioning.<ref name="ds1Dec2015">{{cite news |date=1 December 2015 |title=Navy's annual exercise ends |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/navys-annual-exercise-ends-180568 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=4 December 2015}}</ref> Two {{sclass|Durjoy|patrol craft|0}} large patrol craft (LPCs) were built in China and joined the BN in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.en.banglanews24.com/printpage/page/76278.html |title=PM arrives in Ctg |newspaper=[[Banglanews24.com]] |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001085451/http://www.en.banglanews24.com/printpage/page/76278.html |archive-date=1 October 2015 }}</ref> Two more ships of the same class with dedicated [[Anti-submarine warfare|ASW]] capabilities were commissioned in 2017.<ref name="comsn">{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/11/08/president-hamid-navy-ship-commissioning/|title=President Hamid commissions four new naval ships|newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=8 November 2017|access-date=9 November 2017|archive-date=9 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109061504/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/11/08/president-hamid-navy-ship-commissioning/|url-status=live}}</ref> Five [[Padma-class patrol vessel]]s have been commissioned into the navy in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/padma-latest-bangladesh-navy-warship|title='Padma' latest Bangladesh Navy warship|work=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=24 January 2013|access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=30-08-2013&type=&pub_no=600&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&news_id=136633 |title=PM inaugurates 3 warships, 2 patrol aircraft |work=Daily Sun |access-date=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141124184446/http://www.daily-sun.com/index.php?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=30-08-2013&type=&pub_no=600&cat_id=1&menu_id=1&news_type_id=1&news_id=136633 |archive-date=24 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="last3">{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/4-warships-including-somoudra-joy-commissioned| title=4 warships including somoudra joy commissioned |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |date=23 December 2013 |access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref> Besides, multiple indigenous built [[Landing Craft Utility|LCU]]s and [[Landing craft tank|LCT]]s have been added to the navy. A new chapter in maritime capability smart Bangladesh in 2041.[https://www.cbgabd.org/2023/03/24/bangladeshs-first-submarine-base-a-step-towards-maritime-capacity-building/]

The Bangladesh Navy opened its aviation wing on 14 July 2011 with the induction of two [[AgustaWestland AW109]] [[helicopter]]s. Later on, two Dornier 228NG MPA were introduced in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://cimsec.org/bangladeshs-submarines-china-implications-bay-bengal-security/30819|title=Bangladesh's Submarines from China: Implications for Bay of Bengal Security|date=16 February 2017|work=Center for International Maritime Security|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091931/http://cimsec.org/bangladeshs-submarines-china-implications-bay-bengal-security/30819|url-status=live}}</ref> To attain underwater operational capabilities, the Bangladesh Navy inducted two off-the-shelf [[Type 035 submarine|Type 035G (Ming class) submarines]] from China on 12 March 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/bangladesh-give-befitting-reply-if-attacked-pm-1374787|title=Bangladesh to give befitting reply if attacked: PM|work=The Daily Star|agency=UNB|date=12 March 2017 |access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/03/12/bangladeshs-first-submarines-commissioned/ |title=Submarines lead Bangladesh navy into new waters |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |date=12 March 2017 |access-date=23 March 2017 |archive-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312081132/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/03/12/bangladeshs-first-submarines-commissioned/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bangladesh Navy, with its growing fleet comprising more than 100 small and large ships across different classes, is successfully producing cost-effective world-class warships within its borders. The naval force of Bangladesh is continually strengthening its maritime capabilities through expansion efforts.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-12 |title=From buyer to builder: Cost-effective world-class warships being manufactured in Bangladesh |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2023/07/12/from-buyer-to-builder-cost-effective-world-class-warships-being-manufactured-in-bangladesh |access-date=2023-07-13 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |language=en}}</ref>

A new base for the Bangladesh Navy, named ''[[BNS Sher-e-Bangla]]'', is being constructed at Rabanabad in [[Patuakhali District|Patuakhali]]. It will be the largest naval base of the Bangladesh Navy with submarine berthing and aviation facilities.<ref name="theindependentbd.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233041:largest-naval-base-to-be-in-patuakhali-pm&catid=132:backpage&Itemid=122|title=Largest naval base to be in Patuakhali: PM|author=Shorwar Hossain |newspaper=[[The Independent (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018212027/http://www.theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233041:largest-naval-base-to-be-in-patuakhali-pm&catid=132:backpage&Itemid=122 |archive-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> A full-fledged South Asian largest submarine base, named [[BNS Sheikh Hasina]], was commissioned 19 March 2023 at Pekua in [[Cox's Bazar]].<ref name="bdnews24.com">{{cite news |date=12 October 2013 |title=Work started for land acquisition for submarine base: PM |url=http://primenews.com.bd/details/17340 |work=Prime News |agency=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519185247/http://primenews.com.bd/details/17340 |archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2023/03/20/bangladeshs-first-submarine-base-starts-operation-today |title=Bangladesh's first submarine base starts operation Monday. PM Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone on March 3, 2017|date=March 19, 2023|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|first1=Ali Asif |last1=Shawon|access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="primenews.com.bd"/> A full-fledged naval base, named [[BNS Sheikh Mujib]], has been commissioned in Khilkhet, [[Dhaka]]. Dhaka naval area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bssnews.net/?p=115568|title=PM commissions naval base 'BNS Sheikh Mujib'|work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106143528/http://www.bssnews.net/?p=115568|url-status=live}}</ref>

===UN missions, multinational exercises and naval diplomacy===
[[File:Bangladeshi Vice Admiral Ahmed received by Vice Admiral Lanba.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Vice Admiral [[Zahir Uddin Ahmed]] received by Vice Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral [[Sunil Lanba]]]]
[[File:Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis decommissioning and transfer ceremony (8806393648).jpg|200px|thumbnail|left|BN Chief Vice Admiral [[M. Farid Habib]] with Vice Adm. [[Paul F. Zukunft]], commander of the United States Coast Guard Pacific Area]]
[[File:CARAT 2012 120922-N-KF309-010.jpg|200px|thumbnail|A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Pacific and a Bangladesh Navy sailor with Special Warfare Diving and Salvage Command engage the enemy during a noncompliant boarding exercise aboard the Bangladesh Navy offshore patrol vessel BNS Sangu (P 713) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2012.]]

In 1993, the Bangladesh Navy joined United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Navy|title=Bangladesh Navy|website=Banglapedia|access-date=6 April 2016|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091906/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Navy|url-status=live}}</ref> Its first UN mission came in 2005, when a Bangladesh Navy contingent was sent to [[United Nations Mission in Sudan|Sudan]] as Force Riverine Unit (FRU).<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 March 2015 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-navy-contributes-two-more-battleships-28542|title=Bangladesh Navy contributes two more battleships|work=The Daily Star|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> The Bangladesh Navy joined the [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon]] (UNIFIL) in 2010, deploying two ships to the [[Mediterranean Sea]], frigate {{ship|BNS|Osman}} and patrol craft {{ship|BNS|Madhumati}}. They were replaced in June 2014 by frigate {{ship|BNS|Ali Haider|2014|6}} and patrol craft {{ship|BNS|Nirmul}}. Corvette {{ship|BNS|Bijoy}} took over from them in 2018, and was in turn replaced by corvette {{ship|BNS|Sangram}} in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://operationalsupport.un.org/sites/default/files/bangladesh_ip_7_review_of_reimbursement_rate_-_bns_sangram_covertte_deployed_in_unifil_mtf.pdf |title=Review of Reimbursement Rate – BNS Sangram (Corvette) Deployed in UNIFIL, MTF |website=Department of Operation Support |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

BN ships regularly participate in exercises with other navies, gaining valuable experience and improving their fighting capabilities. [[Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training#CARAT Bangladesh|CARAT]] is a yearly exercise conducted with the [[United States Navy]] in the Bay of Bengal since 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/Pages/CARAT2013.aspx|title=CARAT 2013|publisher=United States Navy|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=11 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611051123/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/Pages/CARAT2013.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The BN has sent an OPV to every [[Indian Navy#Naval exercises|MILAN]] multinational naval exercise held near the [[Andaman Islands]] since 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/milan-2014-unequivocal-success|title=Milan 2014 : An Unequivocal Success : Press Release : Indian Navy|work=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-date=19 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319013555/http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/milan-2014-unequivocal-success|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Aman Naval Exercise|AMAN]]'', another multinational exercise held every two years in the [[Arabian Sea]], organised by the Pakistan Navy, has also seen participation by BN frigates since 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paknavy.gov.pk/aman/intro.htm |title=Exercise AMAN-13 |website=Pakistan Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604004352/http://paknavy.gov.pk/AMAN/Intro.htm |archive-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> BNS ''Bangabandhu'' participated in ''Exercise Ferocious Falcon'', a Multinational Crisis Management Exercise, held at [[Doha]], [[Qatar]] in November 2012,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bns-bangabandhu-berths-at-kochi/article4066686.ece |title=BNS Bangabandhu berths at Kochi |work=The Hindu |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=24 May 2015 |archive-date=18 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518224831/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bns-bangabandhu-berths-at-kochi/article4066686.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> while BNS ''Somudra Joy'' participated the same exercise in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy ship leaves Ctg for Qatar|url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2409307&date=2015-04-24|access-date=18 July 2015|work=[[The News Today]]|date=23 April 2015|location=[[Dhaka]]|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091905/http://www.newstoday.com.bd/index.php?option=details&news_id=2409307&date=2015-04-24|url-status=live}}</ref> {{ship|BNS|Abu Bakr|2014|6}} took part in ''14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium'' and ''International Fleet Review-2014'' in [[Qingdao]], [[Shandong|Shandong Province]] of China in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=409521&date=2014-05-13 |title=Naval ship Abu Bakr returns from China |work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195001/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=409521&date=2014-05-13 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also participated in [[Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition]] (LIMA-2015) held at Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/mar/12/bns-abu-Bakar-leaves-port-city-lima-2015-malaysia |title=BNS Abu Bakar leaves port city for LIMA-2015 in Malaysia. |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=31 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313063634/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/mar/12/bns-abu-Bakar-leaves-port-city-lima-2015-malaysia}}</ref>

==List of Chiefs of Naval Staff==
{{main|List of Chiefs of Naval Staff}}

== Exercise Somudro Ghurni ==
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'''Somudro Ghurni''' (English: Sea Vortex) is the codename of a series of major naval exercises conducted by the Bangladesh Navy to simulate naval warfare and the protection of the country from external maritime threats, protection of the country's maritime resources, and prevention of smuggling.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:ক্ষেপণাস্ত্রের সফল পরীক্ষা চালাল নৌবাহিনী |trans-title=The navy successfully test the missile |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/699613/ক্ষেপণাস্ত্রের-সফল-পরীক্ষা-চালাল-নৌবাহিনী |newspaper=[[Prothom Alo]] |language=bn |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091921/https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:নৌবাহিনীর ‘সমুদ্র ঘূর্ণি’ নিয়ে সচেতনতা বিষয়ক সেমিনার |trans-title=A seminar on awareness of the 'sea vortex' of the Navy |url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.net/print-edition/2015/11/10/60213.php |newspaper=[[Bhorer Kagoj]] |language=bn |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105110621/http://www.bhorerkagoj.net/print-edition/2015/11/10/60213.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Overview===
The exercise took place in the Bay of Bengal. It started on 16 November 2015 and lasted 15 days. During the exercise, the navy deployed most of its fleet, including [[frigates]], [[corvettes]], and [[maritime patrol aircraft]]. The exercise included [[search and rescue]], [[logistical]], [[maritime patrol]], [[Landing operation|landing]], and [[warfare]] exercises. During the exercise, the Navy successfully test launched missiles.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:শেষ হলো নৌবাহিনীর বার্ষিক সমুদ্রমহড়া 'সমুদ্র ঘূর্ণি |trans-title=The end of the Navy's annual sea-monsoon 'sea vortex' |url=http://www.dailynayadiganta.com/?/detail/news/73734?m=0 |newspaper=[[Daily Naya Diganta]] |language=bn |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091910/https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/?%2Fdetail%2Fnews%2F73734%3Fm=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Administration and organisation==
Bangladesh Navy (BN) has its headquarters at [[Banani Model Town|Banani]], Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php|title=Bangladesh Navy|website=Bangladesh Navy|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527111317/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php|archive-date=27 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/04/02/indian-army-chief-meets-pm/|title=Indian army chief meets PM Sheikh Hasina|date=2 April 2017|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091910/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/04/02/indian-army-chief-meets-pm/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the [[Constitution of Bangladesh]], the [[president of Bangladesh]] is the commander-in chief of Bangladesh Armed Forces. The [[List of Chiefs of Naval Staff|Chief of Naval Staff]] (CNS), a four-star [[Admiral (Bangladesh)|admiral]],<ref name="admiral">{{cite news |title=BN, BAF chiefs rank upgraded|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=547167&date=2016-01-17|work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203162949/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=547167&date=2016-01-17|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the highest admiral, directs the non-combat and combatant operations from the Naval Headquarters (NHQ) in Dhaka. The headquarters has four branches: operations (O), personnel (P), material (M) and logistics (Log). Each branch is headed by officers who are titled as principal staff officer (PSO) and known as assistant chief of naval staff (ACNS), e.g., ACNS (O). Under each PSO there are various directorates headed by directors with the rank of [[Commodore (rank)|commodore]] or [[Captain (naval)|captain]]. Under each director there are deputy directors (DD) and staff officers (SO).
The Bangladesh Navy has ten major combatant command, each command is commanded by a [[rear admiral]] or commodore, who directly reports to Chief of Naval Staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/rank.php|title=Bangladesh Navy|website=Bangladesh Navy|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325003422/http://navy.mil.bd/rank.php|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/type_service.php|title=Bangladesh Navy|website=Bangladesh Navy|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325185414/http://navy.mil.bd/type_service.php|archive-date=25 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Naval headquarters formation ===
{{Main|List of serving admirals of the Bangladesh Navy}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; margin:0 auto;"
|-
! style="background:#ccc;"|Appointment
! style="background:#ccc;"|Rank & Name
! style="background:#ccc;"|Star Plate
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background: #FFFFFF;"|'''[[Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)|Chief of Naval Staff]]'''
||  [[Admiral]] Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, OSP, NPP, ndc, ncc, psc||[[File:BN_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations)'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] M Anwar Hossain, NGP, pcgm, ndc, afwc, psc  || [[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel)'''
||[[Rear Admiral]] Mohammad Musa, OSP, NPP, rcds, afwc, psc, PhD||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Materiel)'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] Khandakar Akhter Hossain, NUP, ndc, psc, PhD ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics)'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] Md Zohir Uddin, NUP, ndc, afwc, psc ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|}

=== Area commanders and administrative authority ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%; margin:0 auto;"
|-
! style="background:#ccc;"|Appointment
! style="background:#ccc;"|Rank & Name
! style="background:#ccc;"|Star Plate
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Dhaka Naval Area'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] S M Abul Kalam Azad, BSP, NGP, ndc, psc ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Chattogram Naval Area'''
||  ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Bangladesh Navy Fleet'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] Mohammad Moinul Hassan, BSP, ncc, psc, BN ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Khulna Naval Area '''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] Golam Sadeq, NGP, ndc, ncc, psc ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Naval Training & Doctrine Command'''
|| [[Rear Admiral]] Md Niyamat Elahee, NPP, ndc, psc  ||[[File:BN_Rear_Admiral_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commodore Superintendent Dockyard'''
||[[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Md Ruhul Minhaz, (L), OSP, ndc, psc, BN
|[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Flotilla West'''
|| [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] A K M Jakir Hossain, (N), ndc, afwc, psc, BN  ||[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commodore [[Bangladesh Naval Aviation]]'''
|| [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]]  Mia Mohammad Naim Rahman, (G), NGP, ncc, psc, BN||[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commander Submarine'''
|| [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Syed Shaif-Ul Islam, (TAS), BSP, ndc, afwc, psc, BN ||[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-
|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Chief Hydrographer'''
|| [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Sheikh Firoz Ahmed, (H), NGP, psc, BN ||[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|-

|! style="text-align:center; background:#FFFFFF;"|'''Commodore [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage]] Command'''
|| [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Md Humayun Kabir, (G), psc, BN ||[[File:BN_Commodore_Star_Plate.svg|center|frameless|100x100px]]
|}

==Rank structure==
{{Main|Military ranks of Bangladesh}}

===Commissioned officers===
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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armed Forces/OF/Blank}}
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/Bangladesh}}
|}

===Other ranks===
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Blank}}
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Bangladesh}}
|}

===D & R===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Serial & Branch
! Seaman
! Mechanical
! Secretariat
! Supply
! Electrical
! Radio Electrical
! Regulating
! Medical
|-
| 01
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|OD]] ([[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|Ordinary Seaman]])
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|ME II]]
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|WTR II]] (Writer II)
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|SA II]] (Store Assistant II)
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|EN II]]
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|REN II]]
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|PM II (Patrol Man II)]]
| [[Ordinary Seaman (rating)|MA II]] (Medical Assistant II)
|-
| 02
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|AB]] ([[Able Seaman (rank)|Able Seaman]])
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|ME I]]
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|WTR I]] (Writer I)
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|SA I]] (Store Assistant I)
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|EN I]]
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|REN I]]
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|PM I (Patrol Man I)]]
| [[Able Seaman (rank)|MA I]] (Medical Assistant I)
|-
| 03
| [[Leading Seaman|LS]] ([[Leading Seaman]])
| [[Leading Seaman|LME]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LWTR]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LSA]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LEN]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LREN]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LPM (Leading Patrol Man)]]
| [[Leading Seaman|LMA]]
|-
| 04
| [[Petty Officer|PO]] ([[Petty Officer]])
| [[Petty Officer|ERA-IV]]
| [[Petty Officer|PO(W)]] {Petty Officer(Writer)}
| [[Petty Officer|PO(S)]] {Petty Officer(Store)}
| [[Petty Officer|EA-IV]]
| [[Petty Officer|REA-IV]]
| [[Petty Officer|PO(R)]] {Petty Officer(Regulating)}
| [[Petty Officer|PO(Med)]] {Petty Officer(Medical)}
|-
| 05
| [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO]] ([[Chief Petty Officer]])
| [[Chief Petty Officer|ERA-I/II/III]]
| [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO(W)]] {Chief Petty Officer(Writer)}
| [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO(S)]] {Chief Petty Officer(Store)}
| [[Chief Petty Officer|EA-I/II/III]]
| [[Chief Petty Officer|REA-I/II/III]]
| [[Chief Petty Officer|MAA (Master at Arm)]]
| [[Chief Petty Officer|CPO(Med)]] {Chief Petty Officer(Medical)} 
|-
| 06
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]] ([[Senior Chief Petty Officer]])
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]](E) {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Engineering)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]](W) {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Writer)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]](S) {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Store)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO(L)]] {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Electrical)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO(R)]] {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Radio Electrical)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]](Reg) {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Regulating)}
| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer|SCPO]](Med) {Senior Chief Petty Officer(Medical)} 
|-
| 07
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]] ([[Master Chief Petty Officer]])
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](E) {Master Chief Petty Officer(Engineering)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](S) {Master Chief Petty Officer(Supply)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](S) {Master Chief Petty Officer(Supply)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](L)/CEA {Master Chief Petty Officer(Electrical)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](R)/CREA {Master Chief Petty Officer(Radio Electrical)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](Reg){Master Chief Petty Officer(Regulating)}
| [[Master Chief Petty Officer|MCPO]](Med) {Master Chief Petty Officer(Medical)}
|-
| 08
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Honorary Sub Lieutenant(X)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(E)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(S)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(S)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(L)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(R)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(Reg)]]
| [[Sub-Lieutenant|Hon S Lt(W/M)]]
|-
| 09
| [[Lieutenant|Honorary Lieutenant(X)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(E)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(S)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(S)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(L)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(R)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(Reg)]]
| [[Lieutenant|Hon Lt(W/M)]]
|}

==Shore establishments==
{| class=wikitable
! [[Dhaka]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php |title=Bangladesh Navy Bases |website=Bangladesh Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527111317/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bases.php |archive-date=2019-05-27}}</ref> !! [[Chattogram]] !! [[Khulna]] !! [[Patuakhali]]
|- valign=top
|
* [[BNS Haji Mohshin|BNS Haji Mohsin]]
* [[BNS Sheikh Mujib]]
|
* [[BNS Issa Khan]]
* [[BNS Shaheed Moazzem]]
* [[BN Dockyard]]
* [[BNS Ulka]]
* BNS Patenga
* BNS Bhatiary
* BNS Nirvik
* [[BNS Sheikh Hasina]]
* SS Dockyard Pekua
|
* [[BNS Titumir]]
* [[BNS Mongla]]
* BNS Upasham
* [[School of Logistics and Management (SOLAM)]]
* BN Dockyard Mongla
|
* [[BNS Sher-e-Bangla]]

|}

==Training institutes==
The [[Bangladesh Naval Academy]] is the home of naval cadets to be the future officers of Bangladesh Navy. The academy provides education, athletic and military training to the naval cadets. The academy also offers training programs to the officers of allied navies including navy personnel from Qatar, [[Sri Lankan Navy|Sri Lanka]], Maldivian and Palestinian Navy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/navy-get-two-subs-year-1196785|title=Navy to get two subs this year|date=20 March 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/cpa-chairman-nizamuddin-named-new-navy-chief|title=CPA chairman Nizamuddin named new Navy chief|work=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=21 January 2016|access-date=3 April 2017}}</ref>

==Equipment==
As of November 2020, The Bangladesh Navy has five Guided Missile Frigates,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2019/04/28/bangladesh-navy-gets-2-warships|title=Bangladesh Navy gets 2 warships|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=22 December 2019|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091941/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2019/04/28/bangladesh-navy-gets-2-warships|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/ships.php|title=List of ships in Bangladesh navy|access-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506234907/http://navy.mil.bd/ships.php|archive-date=6 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> two patrol frigates, six Corvettes, thirty-eight minor surface combatants of various types (including patrol vessels, missile boats, and mine hunters), and thirty auxiliaries as surface assets. Submarine branch is equipped with two diesel-electric attack submarines. The naval aviation wing operates both [[fixed-wing aircraft]] and [[rotorcraft]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history3.php|title=Naval Aviation – Bangladesh Navy|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225223945/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history3.php|archive-date=25 February 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The navy also maintain a special operations force named [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage|SWADS]].

===Submarines===

The Bangladesh Navy's submarine force was established with the commissioning of two refurbished [[Type 035 submarine#Variants|Type 035G (Ming class)]] submarines on 12 March 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bangladeshs-first-two-submarines-commissioned-1374724| title=Bangladesh's first 2 submarines commissioned| work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]| date=12 March 2017| access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/03/12/bangladeshs-first-submarines-commissioned/| title=Bangladesh's first submarines commissioned| work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]| date=12 March 2017| access-date=12 March 2017| archive-date=12 March 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312081132/http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2017/03/12/bangladeshs-first-submarines-commissioned/| url-status=live}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Number
! Notes
|-
|! style="text-align: center;"| Diesel-electric attack submarine
|! style="text-align: center;"| 2
|! style="text-align: center;"| They carry 57 personnel and 16 Torpedoes with an option of loading 32 mines as well.
|}

===Ships===
{{Main|List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy}}
{{See also-text|[[List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy]] for a list of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy}}
[[File:BNS Bangabandhu berthing at Kochi in 2011.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|Personnel aboard {{ship|BNS|Bangabandhu}}]]
[[File:Dwarfed Navy style (27798614686).jpg|thumb|250x250px|[[BNS Issa Khan]] 2016: [[BNS Somudra Joy|BNS Somudro Joy]] (F28), [[BNS Somudra Avijan]] (F29), and [[BNS Nirmul]] (P813) side by side.]]
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Type
! Number of ships
! Notes
|-
|! style="text-align: center;"| [[Frigate]]
|! style="text-align: center;"| 7
| Two of these are patrol frigates.
|-   
|! style="text-align: center;"| [[Corvette]]
|! style="text-align: center;"| 6
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2019/04/28/bangladesh-navy-gets-2-warships|title=Bangladesh Navy gets 2 warships|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|date=28 April 2019|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427211857/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2019/04/28/bangladesh-navy-gets-2-warships|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Patrol vessel|Large patrol craft]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 5
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Offshore patrol vessel]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 5
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | Inshore patrol vessel
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 7
|
|-
|! style="text-align: center;"| [[Fast attack craft|Fast attack craft-missile]]
| style="text-align: center;"| 4
| Rearmed with C-704 AShM.
|-
|! style="text-align: center;"| [[Fast attack craft|Fast Attack craft-ASW]]
|! style="text-align: center;"| 4
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Fast attack craft|Fast attack craft-gun]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 5
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Naval mine#Active countermeasures|Minesweeper]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 5
| Mainly used as offshore patrol vessels.
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Survey vessel|Survey ship]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 2
|
|-
|! style="text-align: center;"| [[Amphibious warfare ship|Amphibious warfare]]
|! style="text-align: center;"| 15
|
|-
|style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Repair ship]]
|style="text-align: center;" ! | 1
|
|-
|style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Tanker (ship)|Tanker]]
|style="text-align: center;" ! | 2
|
|-
|style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Dry dock#Floating|Floating dock]]
|style="text-align: center;" ! | 1
|
|-
| style="text-align: center;" ! | [[Auxiliary ship|Auxiliaries]]
| style="text-align: center;" ! | 11
|
|}

===Naval aviation===
{{main|Bangladesh Naval Aviation}}{{See also|List of active Bangladesh military aircraft}}
[[File:S3-VHA Bangladesh Navy AW-109 Power. (31522348101) (cropped).jpg|thumb| Bangladesh Navy [[AW 109|AugustaWestland AW-109E Power]] ]]
[[File:Dornier Do-228 MPA of Bangladesh Navy (cropped).jpg|thumb| [[Dornier 228|Dornier 228NG]]  [[Maritime patrol aircraft]] operated by Bangladesh Navy]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Type!!Country!!Class!!Role!!In service!!Orders!!Notes
|-
| [[AgustaWestland AW109]]
| {{ITA}}
| Rotary wing
| Utility
| 2
| 2
| <ref name="World Air Forces 2017">{{cite web|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/insight-from-flightglobal-world-air-forces-on-the-r-432247/|title= World Air Forces 2017|publisher= Flightglobal Insight|year= 2017|access-date= 27 February 2017|archive-date= 29 July 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170729020304/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/insight-from-flightglobal-world-air-forces-on-the-r-432247/|url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dornier 228]]
| {{GER}}
| Fixed wing turbo-prop
| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|MPA]]
| 4
| 
|  <ref>{{Cite news|title=Bangladesh Navy Do228NG emerges from its stable|work=Scramble|url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/bangladesh-navy-do228ng-emerges-from-its-stable}}</ref>
|}

===Munitions===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Name
! style="width:15%;"| Type
! style="width:20%;"| Range
! style="width:15%;"| Origin
! style="width:15%;"| Notes
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Otomat#Submodels|Otomat Mk 2 Block IV]]<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade-Register-1971-2018.rft |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=21 April 2019 |archive-date=12 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185733/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |url-status=live }}</ref> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Anti-ship missile]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|180&nbsp;km<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/otomat-mk2/|title=OTOMAT MK2 BLOCK IV - MBDA|work=MBDA|access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/otomat-mk2/|title=OTOMAT MK2 BLOCK IV - MBDA|work=MBDA|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en-US|archive-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228091944/https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/otomat-mk2/|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[YJ-83#Confusion between the YJ-82, C-802, and "C-803"|C-802A]]<ref name="SIPRI"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-36354|title=Bangladesh Navy successfully test fires long range missile|work=The Daily Star|access-date=5 April 2016}}</ref> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Anti-ship missile]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|180&nbsp;km || {{PRC}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[C-704]]<ref name="SIPRI"/> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Anti-ship missile]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|35&nbsp;km || {{PRC}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[HQ-7#HQ-7A (FM-90N)|FM-90N]]<ref name="SIPRI"/> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Surface-to-air missile]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|15&nbsp;km || {{PRC}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[HQ-10#FL-3000N|FL-3000N]]<ref name="SIPRI"/> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Surface-to-air missile]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|9&nbsp;km || {{PRC}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Yu-4 torpedo|Yu-4]]<ref name="SIPRI"/> || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Torpedo]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|6&nbsp;km (original) at 30 knots (56&nbsp;km/h), 15&nbsp;km (upgraded) at 40 knots (74&nbsp;km/h) || {{PRC}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[A244-S]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Torpedo]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|13.5&nbsp;km || {{ITA}} ||
|}

===Small arms===

[[File:US Navy 110922-N-RI844-262 Capt. Abdullah Al Mamun, commanding officer of the Bangladesh navy frigate BNS Bangabandhu (F 25), fires a 12.7 mm heavy.jpg|thumb|right|A Bangladesh Navy Captain firing [[M2 Browning]] on [[BNS Bangabandhu]] in CARAT 2011]]
[[File:US Navy 110922-N-RI844-133 A Bangladesh navy sailor fires a Type-56 assault rifle aboard the Bangladesh navy frigate BNS Bangabandhu (F 25) during.jpg|thumb|right| A Bangladesh navy sailor fires a Type-56 assault rifle aboard the Bangladesh navy frigate [[BNS Bangabandhu]] (F 25)]]
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;"
|-
! style="width:10%;"| Name
! style="width:10%;"| Type
! style="width:5%;"| Caliber
! style="width:10%;"| Origin
! style="width:25%;"| Notes
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[QSZ-92|Type 92]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Semi-automatic pistol]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[9×19mm]] || {{PRC}} || Standard issue sidearm.
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Type 54]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Semi-automatic pistol]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×25mm]] || {{PRC}} || In special Forces and reserve use.
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[SIG Sauer P226]]/228/229  || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Semi-automatic pistol]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[9×19mm]] || {{GER}}<br />{{SWI}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Type 56]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Assault rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×39mm]] || {{China}} {{BAN}}  ||  Assembled locally by [[Bangladesh Ordnance Factories|BOF]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Type 81 Assault Rifle|BD-08]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Assault rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×39mm]] || {{BAN}} || Produced under license by [[Bangladesh Ordnance Factories|BOF]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[M4A1]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Assault rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[5.56×45mm]] || {{USA}} || [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage|SWADS]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Daewoo K2]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Assault rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[5.56×45mm]] || {{ROK}} || [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage|SWADS]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[M24 sniper rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[sniper rifle]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×51mm]] || {{USA}} || [[Special Warfare Diving and Salvage|SWADS]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Heckler and Koch MP5]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[sub-machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[9×19mm]] || {{GER}}||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Daewoo K7]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[sub-machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[9×19mm]] || {{ROK}}||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Chinese Type 81 Assault Rifle#Variants|BD-15 LMG]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bof.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bof.portal.gov.bd/page/e8df0b2b_4e80_45ef_950f_713833c60426/2020-07-30-15-17-bf45b2f38b45a6279af0b6c148edb25c.pdf |title=Magazine Production Line |website=Bangladesh Ordnance Factory |access-date=8 September 2020 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228083719/http://bof.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bof.portal.gov.bd/page/e8df0b2b_4e80_45ef_950f_713833c60426/2020-07-30-15-17-bf45b2f38b45a6279af0b6c148edb25c.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>|| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Light machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×39mm]] || {{BAN}} || Produced under license by [[Bangladesh Ordnance Factories|BOF]].
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[M240 machine gun#M240B|M240B]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[General-purpose machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×51mm]] || {{USA}} || Used on [[Defender-class boat]]
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[FN MAG#British versions|L44A1]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[General-purpose machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[7.62×51mm]] || {{UK}} || Used on [[Island-class patrol vessel|Island-class OPV]], [[BNS Meghna|Meghna-class OPV]], [[River-class minesweeper]]
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[DShK]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Heavy machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[12.7×108mm]] || {{RUS}} ||
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[CIS 50MG]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Heavy machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[12.7×99mm]] || {{flag|Singapore}} || <ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.khulnashipyard.com/5-x-patrol-craft2-bn/| title=5 x Patrol Craft BN
| website=Khulna Shipyard| access-date=8 July 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705140315/https://www.khulnashipyard.com/5-x-patrol-craft2-bn/| archive-date=5 July 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ! style="text-align: center;"|[[M2 Browning]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[Heavy machine gun]] || ! style="text-align: center;"|[[12.7×99mm]] || {{USA}} ||Used on [[BNS Bangabandhu]]
|}

== Future modernization plans ==
{{Main|Forces Goal 2030}}

Bangladesh has made a long term modernisation plan for its Armed Forces named [[Forces Goal 2030]].<ref name="Forces Goal 2030">{{cite news|title=Forces Goal 2030 to be implemented in four phases: PM|url=http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-02-28&nid=41420#.UyPtsT-SxnM|work=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]]|date=28 February 2013|access-date=15 March 2014|archive-date=15 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315101328/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-02-28&nid=41420#.UyPtsT-SxnM|url-status=dead}}</ref> The plan includes the modernization and expansion of all equipment and infrastructures and providing enhanced training.<ref name="Forces Goal 2030"/> Bangladesh Navy is setting up a new base at Rabanabad in [[Patuakhali]] named [[BNS Sher-e-Bangla]], which will be the largest naval base of the country. The base will have submarine berthing and aviation facilities.<ref name="theindependentbd.com" /> A separate submarine base named [[BNS Sheikh Hasina]], is under construction at Pekua in [[Cox's Bazar]].<ref name="primenews.com.bd">{{cite news |date=12 October 2013 |title=Work started for land acquisition for submarine base: PM |url=http://primenews.com.bd/details/17340 |newspaper=Prime News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519185247/http://primenews.com.bd/details/17340 |archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> The construction works of a fleet headquarters at the Sandwip channel of Chittagong with ship berthing facilities is already going on.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/One-day-BD-Navy-to-become-builder-from-buyer-hopes-PM/59066|title=One day BD Navy to become builder from buyer, hopes PM|work=UNB|date=24 December 2017|access-date=24 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225035005/http://unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/One-day-BD-Navy-to-become-builder-from-buyer-hopes-PM/59066|archive-date=25 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Khulna Shipyard]] is currently building five [[padma-class patrol vessel]]s for the navy. The same shipyard launched two [[Research vessel|hydrographic research ships]] and two coastal survey boats for the Bangladesh Navy. The ships are in trial phase now.

BN has issued two tenders for the procurement of four helicopters with anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface vessel warfare (ASuW), over-the-horizon targeting (OTHT), maritime search and rescue (MSAR), medical evacuation (MEDEVAC), casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and special mission capabilities.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.janes.com/article/66022/bangladesh-navy-issues-new-helicopter-tender| title=Bangladesh Navy issues new helicopter tender| publisher=IHS Janes 360| date=6 December 2016| access-date=12 December 2016| archive-date=7 December 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207160125/http://www.janes.com/article/66022/bangladesh-navy-issues-new-helicopter-tender| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2247.pdf |title=Tender Specification of Helicopters |website=DGDP |access-date=2 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112457/http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2247.pdf| archive-date=3 April 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> Contract has been signed for two [[maritime patrol aircraft]] on 27 March 2017.

Bangladesh Navy issued a tender for the supply of Technical Data Link (TDL) system. The system will connect 16 platforms as 2 frigates, 4 corvettes, 1 LPC, 3 shore stations, 2 helicopters, 2 MPAs and two submarines.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/1035.pdf| title=Tender specification of Technical Data Link (TDL) system. |website=DGDP |access-date=19 February 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013939/http://www.dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/1035.pdf| archive-date=20 February 2017| url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2018, Bangladesh Navy issued tender for two X-band navigational radars with helicopter landing control facility for two of its ships.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2242.pdf |title=Tender Specification of Navigation Radar with Helo Landing Control Facility |website=DBDP |access-date=2 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112413/http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2242.pdf| archive-date=3 April 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time, another tender was issued for replacing two 40&nbsp;mm [[DARDO|Fast Forty]] guns on-board [[BNS Bangabandhu]] with new 40&nbsp;mm twin-barrel gun system.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2241.pdf |title=Tender Specification Replacement of 2 X 40 L 70 Naval Gun - BNS Bangabandhu |website=DGDP |access-date=2 April 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112442/http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2241.pdf| archive-date=3 April 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2019, the prime minister discussed about the past, present and future development programs for the Bangladesh Navy at the winter passing out parade of the [[Bangladesh Naval Academy]]. She told that the process is going on for procuring more [[corvette]]s, [[minesweeper]]s, oceanographic research ship and sail training ship. Process of [[Bangladesh Navy frigate project|constructing six frigates]] at [[Chittagong Dry Dock Limited|Chittagong Dry Dock]] in collaboration with foreign shipbuilders is also going on. Government has taken initiative for making missiles and [[Identification friend or foe]] system in Bangladesh. She added that, there is a plan to induct more maritime patrol aircraft, [[anti-submarine warfare]] [[helicopter]]s and [[maritime patrol aircraft|long range MPA]] in the near future.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.ispr.gov.bd/en/honourable-prime-minister-shiekh-hasina-reviewed-the-winter-president-parade-at-bangladesh-neval-academybns-chottagram/ |title=Honourable Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina Reviewed the Winter President Parade at Bangladesh Naval Academy(BNS), Chottagram |website=ISPR |date=22 December 2019 |access-date=28 December 2019 |archive-date=28 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228044301/https://www.ispr.gov.bd/en/honourable-prime-minister-shiekh-hasina-reviewed-the-winter-president-parade-at-bangladesh-neval-academybns-chottagram/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bangladesh Army]]
* [[Bangladesh Air Force]]
* [[Bangladesh Coast Guard]]
* [[Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)]]
* [[Bangladesh Navy Football Team]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Bangladesh Navy}}
* {{official website}}

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