Bangladesh Military Academy
| বাংলাদেশ মিলিটারি একাডেমি | |
Colours contingent in the passing out parade
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| Motto | চির উন্নত মম শির |
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Motto in English
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Ever High is My Head |
| Type | Military |
| Established | 1974 |
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Academic staff
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600–700 (both civilian and military) |
| Undergraduates | 550-600 |
| Location |
Bhatiary, Chittagong, Bangladesh Coordinates: 22°25′24″N 91°45′10″E / 22.42333°N 91.75278°E |
| Campus | Rural, 850 acres (340 ha) |
| Colours | Red and green |
Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres north of Chittagong. The Academy is situated on the slopes of the Sitakunda hill ranges and the shore of the Bay of Bengal. Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir is the current commandant of the Academy.
Following the independence of Bangladesh with the break-up of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Bangladesh Military Academy was established Chittagong Bhatiari in October 1972 for training of officers of the Army. The Military Academy was opened by the initiative of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The BMA maintains most of the traditions of The Pakistan Military Academy,Kakul including structure, Cadet Uniforms, Patches, entitlements and marching traditions. The Academy was initially raised at Comilla Cantonment on 29 November 1973 and later relocated at Bhatiary in 1976. This Academy was awarded National Standard in the year 1979. Bangladesh Military Academy provides training to the officers of the Bangladesh Army. From 1983 the officers of the Bangladesh Navy and Air Force must take three months training from the academy.
The Academy chose a verse by national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Chiro Unnata Momo Shir (translation: ever high is my head) as its motto. Regular long courses commenced from 1978. The first batch of officers of Bangladesh Army graduated from the academy in 1975.
An officer cadet shall lead a life of honour and integrity. He or she shall not lie, cheat or steal.
BMA provides military and academic training and character building. The Academy primarily trains men and women to be commissioned into the Bangladesh Army. In addition, the Academy conducts and orientation course for Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) officers, officer cadets and midshipmen of the Bangladesh Air Force and Navy respectively, and Pre-Commission Training for professor/teacher under-officers of Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC). Long Course cadets graduating from this Academy fall under Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) curriculum. The academy has the intention of fostering and inculcating those attributes in an Officer Cadet (OC) which will ensure his continuous and progressive development as a regular officer in the Bangladesh Army, and developing future officers for the Bangladesh Army by training the Officer Cadets in a way that they can make decisions as and when required by the military profession.
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