Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)
| স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় | |
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| Formed | 14 April 1971 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | Building No. 8, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka |
| Annual budget | ৳31014 crore (US$2.5 billion) (2024-2025) |
| Adviser responsible | |
| Minister of State responsible | |
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| Child agencies | |
| Website | www.mha.gov.bd |
The Ministry of Home Affairs is a ministry of Bangladesh. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy. It has been modelled to function as an ideal and efficient ministry of the government.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
- Minister — Lt. Gen. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Adviser)
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.
Departments and agencies
[edit]- Matters relating to coordination by administrative, diplomatic, security, intelligence, legal, regulatory and economic agencies of the country for the management of international borders, infrastructure development 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 socio-economic development
- Controls the Illegal trafficking, use and consumption of narcotic Drugs.
- Department of Immigration & Passport
- Department of Fire Service & Civil Defence
- Department of Prison
- National Identity Wing
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Government merges two divisions of home ministry, restores single structure". bdnews24.com. 3 September 2025. Archived from the original on 6 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Govt merges two divisions under home ministry". The Daily Star. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
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