Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)

People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs
Agency overview
Bengali: স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয় (Sarāṣṭra Montronaloya)
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters	Building # 8, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Annual budget	8857,59,98 thousand taka (2013-2014)^[1]
Minister responsible	Asaduzzaman Khan
Child agencies	Bangladesh Police Bangladesh Coast Guard Bangladesh Ansar Department of Narcotics Control Border Guards Bangladesh
Website	http://www.mha.gov.bd

The Ministry of Home Affairs (Bengali: স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়; Sarāṣṭra Montronaloya) (abbreviated as MHA) or Home Ministry is a ministry of the Government of Bangladesh. An interior ministry, it is mainly responsible for the maintenance of internal security and domestic policy.

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 kamal,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 — Dr. Md. Mozammel Haque Khanhuiyan

Departments

The Ministry of Home Affairs has the following constituent departments:

Bangladesh Police: Department of Internal Security, dealing with police, law and order and rehabilitation.

Border Guard Bangladesh: 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.

Bangladesh Coast Guard: Dealing with management of coastal borders.

Bangladesh Ansar and VDP: 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.

Department of Narcotics Control: Controls the Illegal trafficking, use and consumption of narcotic Drugs.

Department of Immigration & Passport
Department of Fire Service & Civil Defence
Department of Prison

References

↑ http://www.mof.gov.bd/en/budget/13_14/cdg/en/22_home_en.pdf

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