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Bangladesh Scouts | |||
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Bengali: বাংলাদেশ স্কাউটস | |||
Headquarters | 60 Anjuman Mufidul Islam Road, Kakrail, Dhaka-1000 | ||
Location | 23°44′15.40″N 90°24′38.50″E / 23.7376111°N 90.4106944°E | ||
Country | Bangladesh | ||
Founded | Boy Scouting: 11 September 1972 Girl-In-Scouting: 24 March 1994 | ||
Membership | 2,261,351 | ||
Chief Scout | His Excellency The Honorable President Mohammed Shahabuddin | ||
President | Md Mozammel Haque Khan | ||
Chief National Commissioner | Md Shah Kamal | ||
Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website www | |||
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]