Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) (Bengali: নৌবাহিনী প্রধান, romanized: Nou Bahini Pradhan) is the commander and usually the highest-ranking officer of the Bangladesh Navy. The position is abbreviated as CNS in Bangladesh Navy, and currently held by an Admiral. The current CNS is Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, who took office on 24 July 2023.
Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)
Image: Rear admiral musharraf hussain khan
Image: Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed in New Delhi on July 09, 2012
Image: Rear Adm.M. Farid Habib, assistant chief of Naval Staff for the Bangladesh Navy 120917 N WX059 134 (cropped)
The Bangladesh Navy is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area, and the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Navy protects the country's economic and military interests at home and abroad. The Bangladesh navy is also a front line disaster management force in Bangladesh, and participates in humanitarian missions abroad. It is a key regional player in counter terrorism efforts, and engages in global peacekeeping with the United Nations.
Vice Admiral Ahmed received by Vice Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba
BN Chief of Staff VA. Farid Habib with Vice Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, commander of the United States Coast Guard Pacific Area
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.
Personnel aboard BNS Bangabandhu
