Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

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People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs
স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়
Sarāṣṭra Montronaloya
Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Agency overview
FormedApril 14, 1971; 50 years ago (1971-04-14)
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBuilding No. 8, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Annual budget৳88.576 billion (US$1.0 billion) (2013-2014)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Mostafa Kamal Uddin, Senior Secretary, Public Security Division

  • Mohammad Mokabbir Hossain,
    Secretary, Security Services Division
Child agencies
Websitehttp://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 It has been modelled to function as an ideal and efficient ministry of the government.

Senior officials[]

Ministerial team[]

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[]

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[]

Public Security Division[]

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.
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[]

Controls the Illegal trafficking, use and consumption of narcotic Drugs.

The National Identity Wing (NIDW) is a wing of the Department of Immigration & Passports headed by a Director-General with 71 officers and staff of various categories. The wing is organized with three branches, seven sections, and 9 units for issuance and management of National ID smartcards and administering all related activities, including the maintenance of the National Citizenship Database and delivery of identity verification services to qualified public and private organizations.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-03-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Home ministry gets two divisions". Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. ^ "Gazette on home ministry's split published". 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ "NID services going to Home from EC". 20 May 2021.


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