Navy photo by mass communication specialist 1st class richard doolin released us navy 100318 n 8335d 256 mineman 2nd class corey swartz right helps a bangladesh navy sailor put on his firefighting gear during a drill aboard the mine countermeasures ship uss patriot mcm 7. Patriot is visiting chittagong to train with the bangladesh navy. Iqbal is succeeding admiral ammm aurangzeb chowdhury who is.
The government has appointed rear admiral m shaheen iqbal as the chief of bangladesh navy by promoting him to the rank of vice admiral. 2020 bangladesh navy. Chief of army staff general aziz ahmed and chief of air staff air chief marshal masihuzzaman serniabat adorned the new naval chief with the rank badge of.
The newly appointed chief of naval staff mohammad shaheen iqbal has been adorned with the rank badge of vice admiral at a function in presence of prime minister sheikh hasina at ganabhaban. Bangladesh navy bn operates to safeguard the sovereignty over the internal waters territorial sea and to ensure sovereign rights over the contiguous zone exclusive economic zone eez and continental shelf of bangladesh while supporting riverine and maritime economic activities including free flow of riverine sea borne trade. Since the independence of bangladesh bangladesh army had followed the rank insignia pattern of british commonwealth or british army officer rank insignia after the war of liberation 1971 all bangladeshi army officers started to wear lotus instead of crescent star of pakistan army.
The primary role of the bangladesh navy is to protect the. Bangladesh nou bahini is the naval warfare branch of the bangladesh armed forces responsible for bangladesh s 118 813 square kilometres 45 874 sq mi of maritime territorial area and the defence of important harbours military bases and economic zones. The bangladesh navy bengali.
