Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)
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| স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় Sarāṣṭra Montronaloya | |
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| Formed | April 14, 1971 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Building No. 8, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
| Annual budget | ৳88.576 billion (US$1.0 billion) (2013-2014)[1] |
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| Website | http://www.mha.gov.bd |
The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. It contains two divisions[2][3] 1. Public Security Division, 2. Security Service Division
Senior officials[edit]
Ministerial team[edit]
The ministerial team at the MHA (mha.gov.bd) is headed by the Minister of Home Affairs, who is assigned to them to manage the ministers office and ministry.
- Minister — Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, MP (Bangladesh Awami League)
Home Secretary and other senior officials[edit]
The Ministers are supported by a number of civilian, scientific and professional advisors. The Home Secretary is the senior civil servant at the MHA. His/Her role is to ensure the MHA operates effectively as a department of the government.
- Home Secretary — Mostafa Kamal Uddin
Departments[edit]
Public Security Division[edit]
- Matters relating to coordination by administrative, diplomatic, security, intelligence, legal, regulatory and economic agencies of the country for the management of international borders, creation of infrastructure like roads/fencing and floodlighting of borders, border areas development programme pilot project on Multi-purpose National Identity Card.
- Dealing with management of coastal borders.
- Bangladesh Ansar and VDP
- Dealing with management assistance of law and order along with other enforcement agencies. Village Defence Party works for the village law and order along with socioeconomic development.
Security Services Division[edit]
- Controls the Illegal trafficking, use and consumption of narcotic Drugs.
- Department of Immigration & Passport
- Department of Fire Service & Civil Defence
- Department of Prison
References[edit]
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-03-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Home ministry gets two divisions". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/gazette-home-ministrys-split-published-1347715
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