Ramu Cantonment


Ramu Cantonment is a cantonment located in Ramu of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 10th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. The area of the cantonment is 1788.98 acres.
The current Area Commander of Ramu Area is Major General Mohammad Main Ullah Chowdhury,osp,awc,psc

History and Layout

24th Infantry Battalion was stationed at Ramu but it lacked infrastructure. So, the government decided to upgrade it to a full-fledged cantonment.

Establishment of cantonment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed the approval for a new cantonment in Ramu on 19 April 2014. Army was allocated 1,800 acres of forest land in Ramu. 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 Alikadom Cantonment.

Key installations

Under the division there are two infantry brigade, one artillery brigade, five infantry regiments, three artillery regiment, one engineering battalion and other various units including SSD Ramu and two field workshop units. Major General Main Ullah Chowdhury,osp, awc, psc is the current General Officer Commanding of the division.
Combat Arms
Combat support
Combat Service support
Education institutions
The land allocated to establish Ramu cantonment was done by bypassing law. Rajarkul Mouza and Khuniyapalang Mouza are reserved forests, while that of Umakhali Mouza was identified marked as reserved forest land based on gazette notifications on 25 May 1907; 12 July 1930 and 11 June 1935. To allocate the land to army they were stripped of the status by invoking specific laws.
Press conference held at the Reporters Unity auditorium by eight organisations which work with human rights, good governance and development criticised governments regarding this matter.