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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
| native_name                   = বাংলাদেশ ইনফ্যান্ট্রি রেজিমেন্ট
| image                         = Insignia of Bangladesh Infantry Regiment.svg
| caption                       = [[Insignia]] of the Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
| dates                         = 21 April 2001 – present
| country                       = {{BAN}}
| branch                        = {{army|Bangladesh}}
| type                          = [[Infantry]]
| role                          = [[Ground warfare|Ground combat]]
| size                          = 46 battalions 
| garrison                      = [[Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre]], [[Rajshahi Cantonment]]
| nickname                      = The ''BIR'' ("Mighty" in [[Bengali language|Bangla]])
| motto                         = ''Powerful, Fast, Superior''
| colors                        = {{color box|#006400}} {{small|([[British Colour Council|BCC]]–27)}}
| colors_label                  = Colours
| march                         = "[[Notuner Gaan|Song of the Youth]]"
| mascot                        = 
| battles                       = 
| notable_commanders            = 
| anniversaries                 = 
}}
The '''Bangladesh Infantry Regiment''' ('''BIR''') is an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[Bangladesh Army]]. It was raised in 2001 as the second infantry regiment after the [[East Bengal Regiment]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/play-strong-role-in-nation-building-pm-tells-army-49949|title=Play strong role in nation building, PM tells army|date=2014-11-12|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en}}</ref> The regiment was raised initially by renaming some battalions of the [[East Bengal Regiment]], before its own recruits were trained.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/choose-most-qualified-army-officials-promotion-pm-117001|title=Choose most qualified army officials for promotion: PM|date=2015-07-26|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-13|language=en}}</ref> This [[regiment]] was the first new regiment raised by the [[Bangladesh Army]] in the 21st Century, and consequently is also known as the ''Regiment of the Millennium''.

==Role==
Its stated role is to seek out, close with and destroy the enemy, within a traditional infantry combat scenario, however, the regiment also provides aid to the civilian government when called upon and also contributes regularly to Bangladesh's peacekeeping commitments overseas. The regiment deployed eight [[battalion]]s to Bangladesh's [[UN]] [[peacekeeping]] commitments:
* [[MONUC]]
** 7th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (7 BIR)
* [[UNOCI]]
** 18th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (18 BIR)
* [[UNMIL]]
** 12th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (12 BIR)
** 13th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (13 BIR)
* UNAMIS
** 8th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment (8 BIR)

==See also==
* [[East Bengal Regiment]]

==References==
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==External links==

{{Military of Bangladesh}}

[[Category:Regiments of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 2001]]
[[Category:2001 establishments in Bangladesh]]


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