Bangladesh Scouts

Bangladesh Scouts
Bengali: বাংলাদেশ স্কাউটস
Headquarters60 Anjuman Mufidul Islam Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000
Location23°44′15.40″N 90°24′38.50″E / 23.7376111°N 90.4106944°E / 23.7376111; 90.4106944
CountryBangladesh
FoundedBoy Scouting: 11 September 1972 Girl-In-Scouting: 24 March 1994
Membership2,261,351
Chief ScoutHis Excellency The Honorable President Mohammed Shahabuddin
PresidentMd Mozammel Haque Khan
Chief National CommissionerMd Shah Kamal
AffiliationWorld Organization of the Scout Movement
Website
www.scouts.gov.bd//
 Scouting portal

The Bangladesh Scouts (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ স্কাউটস) is the national Scouting organization of Bangladesh. Now The Chief Scout of Bangladesh is Mohammed Shahabuddin ( President of Bangladesh). Scouting was founded in 1914 in East Bengal, now Bangladesh, as part of the British Indian branch of The Scout Association, and continued as part of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association until the country's divided sections split in 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Following its independence, in 1972, the Bangladesh Boy Scout Association was officially formed as successor of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association. Bangladesh became an independent member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1974.[1] The organization changed its name to "Bangladesh Scouts" in 1978. The organization has 2,261,351 members as of 2021.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Scouting Worldwide | WOSM". www.scout.org. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ "WOSM's Membership Census | Scout Learning Zone". learn.scout.org. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Triennal review: Census as at 1 December 2010" (PDF). World Organization of the Scout Movement. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.