The Ministry of Home Affairs () is a ministry of the Government of Bangladesh responsible for internal security, law enforcement, and domestic policy. It serves as the country's principal interior ministry and oversees key law enforcement, paramilitary, and intelligence agencies. The ministry is also responsible for public safety and policing, border security, immigration, the issuance of passports, and civil registration.
Senior officials
Ministerial team The ministerial team at the MHA (https://moha.gov.bd) is headed by the Minister of Home Affairs, who is assigned to them to manage the ministers office and ministry. Minister — Salahuddin Ahmed
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.
Senior Secretary — Manjur Morshed Chowdhury
Departments and agencies
Bangladesh Police 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, infrastructure development 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 Village Defence Party 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 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 Prisons Bangladesh Prisons National Identity Registration Wing
See also Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)
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