The Para Commando Brigade (Bengali: প্যারা কমান্ডো ব্রিগেড) is a special operations force of the Bangladesh Army.

[6][7] Crack Platoon was a specialized urban warfare unit of Muktibahini during the liberation war of Bangladesh.

In June 1971, sector 2 commander Khaled Mosharraf sent these specialized urban guerrillas to Dhaka city.

These guerrillas successfully launched a raid in hotel intercontinental where a delegate from the World Bank and the Pakistani authorities were concentrating in a meeting.

Bangladesh Army has deployed its Special Forces in various UN Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement missions, notably in Ivory Coast, South Sudan, Darfur, Central African Republic, Haiti and Mali.

These Special Forces detachments, using BANSF prefix, are often tasked with high risk rescue operations and raids against insurgents.

[15][16][17] On 1 July 2016, five assailants stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery with crude bombs, machetes, AK 22 rifle and pistols, in Dhaka's affluent neighborhood, Gulshan 2, which is extremely popular among expatriates and foreigners, at roughly 9:20 pm, taking hostage of the locals and foreigners inside.

[19] However, Police and the Rapid Action Battalion acted with celerity in setting up a perimeter around the Bakery to block escape of any assailant.

[20] After fruitless hours of seeking to bring a peaceful solution to the problem, when the perpetrators refused to communicate with authorities, the realization set that alternative measures were required.

[20] At an early morning meeting on Saturday (2 July), the highest level of Government decided to engage the 1st Commando Battalion.

[20][21] After gathering intelligence from RAB and the Police forces present on the ground, Commandos initiated their raid (codenamed "Operation Thunderbolt"), which began at 7:40 am and concluded at 8:30 am.

[23] Operation Twilight was launched by the 1st Para Commando Battalion of the ad hoc para commando brigade of the Bangladesh Army under the command of GOC of 17th Infantry Division in Jalalabad Cantonment Major General Anwarul Momen.

[29] Army spokesman, Brigadier General Fakhrul Ahsan, reported that the operation would take more time because of the presence of IEDs in "strategic points" in the building.

[32][33] Bangladesh Special Forces (BANSF/3) in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission launched an operation against rebels in the Central African Republic.

Major Md Shahidul Islam[34] of BANSF-3 led the operation to free an area from the rebel group Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC).

After a number of negotiations by MINUSCA elements, military operations was seen as the viable means to put an end to this crisis situation.

As a result, the hijacker was shot dead by the commandos, 148 passengers and crew got free from the hostage situation.