Bangladesh Armed Forces: Difference between revisions

Bangladesh Ansar is a paramilitary [[Auxiliaries|auxiliary force]] responsible for the preservation of [[internal security]] and [[Law enforcement in Bangladesh|law enforcement]] in Bangladesh.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite web |last1=Nabi |first1=Khondaker Md Nur Un |title=Ansar and Village Defence Party |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ansar_and_Village_Defence_Party |access-date=3 May 2017 |website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref><ref name="bdn23Jan2006">{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/pm-urged-ansar-vdp-members-to-help-resist-militants |title=PM urged Ansar-VDP members to help resist militants |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |date=23 January 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016183150/https://bdnews24.com/politics/pm-urged-ansar-vdp-members-to-help-resist-militants |archive-date=16 October 2023 }}</ref> It is administered by the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the [[government of Bangladesh]].<ref name="CountryStudy"/><ref name="B">{{cite web |title=About Bangladesh Ansar & VDP |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120202435/http://www.ansarvdp.gov.bd/contentShow.php?action=showconts&id=4 |website=Bangladesh Ansar & VDP – Government of Bangladesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312060541/http://www.ansarvdp.gov.bd/contentShow.php?action=showconts&id=4 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> It has 6 million active and reserved members. It is the largest [[Paramilitary|paramilitary force]] in the world.<ref name='Personnel'>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-27 |title=6.1 million Ansar VDP members ready to enforce lockdown, says its director general |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/06/27/6-1-million-ansar-vdp-members-ready-to-enforce-lockdown-says-its-director-general |access-date=2023-02-03 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref>