Department of Military Lands and Cantonments

Department of Military Lands and Cantonments (Bengali: সামরিক ভূমি ও ক্যান্টনমেন্ট অধিদপ্তর) is a Bangladesh government department responsible for managing the military cantonment land. Farid Ahmed is the Director General of the Department of Military Lands and Cantonments.[1]

Department of Military Lands and Cantonments
Formation1970
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
WebsiteDepartment of Military Lands and Cantonments

History

Department of Military Lands and Cantonments was established on 15 August 1970 in Dhaka as a Directorate. It was fully upgraded to a department in 1982. The department manages the lands through three circles. The circles are North circle in Bogra, Central circle in Dhaka, and Eastern circle in Chittagong. Each cantonment is managed by a cantonment board.[2]

On 20 April 2009, the Department of Military Lands and Cantonments sent a notice to Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, to evict her cantonment residence which was given to her after the assassination of her husband, President Ziaur Rahman. Khaledia Zia challenged the notice at Bangladesh High court which ruled against her, stating that the allotment of the house inside Dhaka cantonment was illegal.[3][4] On 14 November 2010 she vacated her house in Dhaka Cantonment.[5]

List of Cantonment boards

References
  1. "Farid Ahmed". dmlc.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. "সামরিক ভূমি ও ক্যান্টনমেন্ট অধিদপ্তর". dmlc.gov.bd. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. "'Cantt house lease to Khaleda highly illegal'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. "Fresh notice to Khaleda to vacate house". The Daily Star. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. "Bangladesh's main opposition party chief vacates cantonment house - People's Daily Online". en.people.cn. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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