Women in the Bangladesh Armed Forces

[3][4][5] Zannatul Ferdous became the first female paratrooper in 2013 who was commissioned on 24 December, 2009 from the Bangladesh Military Academy's 59th long course.

[6][7] In 2019, four female officers were made lieutenant colonels and were appointed commanding officers of units, they were Sanjida Hossain, Syeda Nazia Raihan and Farhana Afreen of the artillery regiment and Sarah Amir of the engineers corps.

[8][9][10] Nazma Begum of the Bangladesh Army Medical Corps was the first female contingent commander in United Nations peacekeeping, she went to UNOCI in 2016 with a 56-member contingent; as a lieutenant colonel she was the first female commanding officer of a field ambulance of the Bangladesh Army.

[13][14] The first batch of female ordinary soldiers of the Bangladesh Army completed their recruit training on 29 January 2015 in Ghatail Cantonment which is situated in the Tangail district.

[22] Since September 2024, women in the Bangladesh army have been allowed to wear the hijab head covering to express their Muslim faith.