Ramu Cantonment

Ramu Cantonment (Bengali: রামু সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Ramu, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Bangladesh.^[1] It is the headquarters of 10th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army.^[2] The area of the cantonment is 3000 acres.^[3]

Ramu Cantonment
রামু সেনানিবাস
Ramu, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Gate No. 2 of Ramu Cantonment
Site information
Type	Cantonment
Controlled by	Bangladesh Army
Site history
Built	12 October 2014
In use	1 March 2015 - present
Garrison information
Current commander	Major General Asadullah Minhazul Alam

History and Layout

Ramu camp was established at the onset of Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict. Then, this area was installed under 24th Infantry Division, with at least an infantry battalion under 69th Infantry Brigade and a divisional support engineers company used to be stationed here. Due to 2015 Rohingya refugee crisis, eve of tensity at Rakhine Conflict and recent skirmishes with Myanmar, the ministry of defence proposed to ameliorate a new formation across the southeastern coast during Third Hasina ministry.

Establishment of cantonment

Then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed the approval for a new cantonment in Ramu on 19 April 2014.^[4] The army was allocated 1,800 acres of forest land in Ramu, Cox's Bazar. Of those 1,180 acres in Rajarkul, 264.55 acres in Khuniyapalang, and 344.43 acres in Umakhali Mouza.

On 10 March 2016, she inaugurated construction of a road titled "Bir Sarani", memorial "Ajeyo" commemorating the division, a multipurpose shade "Birangan" and a composite barrack named "Matamuhuri" built at Alikadam Cantonment.^[5]

Key installations

• HQ 10th Infantry Division^[6]
  • Area Headquarter, Ramu, Cox's Bazar
  • Station Headquarters, Ramu, Cox's Bazar
    • Combined Military Hospital, Ramu, Cox's Bazar
    • Garrison Engineers (Army), Ramu, Cox's Bazar
    • Static Signal Company, Ramu, Cox's Bazar
    • Station ST Battalion
  • 16th Cavalry Regiment
  • 10th Artillery Brigade
    • 23rd Field Artillery Regiment
    • 40th Field Artillery Regiment
    • 28th Medium Artillery Regiment
  • 9th Engineers Regiment
  • 9th Signal Coy Battalion
  • 39th Signal Coy Battalion
  • 36th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Infantry Brigade
    • 9th East Bengal Regiment
    • 60th East Bengal Regiment
    • 14th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
  • 55th Field Ambulance Battalion
  • 509th Division Ordnance Company
  • 103rd Field Workshop Company
  • 10th Military Police Unit
• 57th Engineers Construction Battalion (Attached under 34th Engineers Construction Brigade)

Educational institutions

• Ramu Cantonment English School and College (RCESC)
• Shaheed Lieutenant Tanzim Cantonment Public School and College (SLTCPSC)

See also

• Alikadam Cantonment