List of Bangladeshi flags

This is a list of flags used in Bangladesh. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Bangladesh

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1972–present	National flag of Bangladesh	A red disc on top of a green field, offset slightly toward the hoist.^[1]
	1972–present	Flag of Bangladesh (vertical).

Date	Use	Description
1972–present	Presidential standard	The presidential seal on a dark red background^[4]^[5]
1972–present	Standard of the prime minister of Bangladesh	Seal of the prime minister on a dark red background
1996–2011, 2024–present	Standard of the chief adviser of Bangladesh	Seal of the chief adviser on a dark red background
1972–present	Flag of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament)	Seal of the Parliament on a Bangladesh green background
1972-present	Flag of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parlament)	Seal of the Speaker of the Parliament on a Bangladesh green background
1972–present	Flag of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh	Seal of the Supreme Court on a blue background
1972–present	Flag of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh	Seal of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh on a blue background
2010–present	Flag of the Chief Prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)	Seal of the government of Bangladesh in a blue field with "Chief Prosecutor International Crimes Tribunal" written below
1972–present	Flag of Bangladesh Election Commission	Seal of the Bangladesh Election Commission on a teal background
1972–present	Flag of Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh	Seal of the Bangladesh Election Commission on a green background and "প্রধান নির্বাচন কমিশনার" (Chief Election Commissioner) written in Bengali on top
2017–present^[6]	Flag of Anti-Corruption Commission	Seal of the Anti-Corruption Commission on a sky blue background.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1972–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Armed Forces	A three-colored flag with the joint-services emblem in the center
	1972–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Army	The Army's badge on a green field
	1972–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Air Force	A sky-blue ensign with the flag of Bangladesh in the canton, and the Air Force roundel in the fly
	1972–present	Ensign of the Bangladesh Navy	A white ensign with the Flag of Bangladesh in the canton
	1995 – present	Ensign of the Bangladesh Coast Guard	A light blue ensign with the flag of Bangladesh in the canton
	1972–present	Standard of the Chief of Army Staff	Chief of Army Staff seal with 4 stars below on a green field
Link to image	1972–present	Standard of the Chief of Naval Staff	The Navy's badge on a blue field^[5]
	1972–present	Standard of the Chief of Air Staff	Air Force Ensign of Bangladesh with 4 white stars
	1972-present	Standard of the Captain	Standard of C-shape with Navy's Badge on a blue field
	2010–present	Flag of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB)	The BGB's badge on a maroon field
	1977–present	Flag of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (Armed Forces)	The DGFI's Insignia on a green field
	1948 – present	Regimental Flag of East Bengal Regiment (Bangladesh Army)	EBR's Insignia on a dark maroon field
	2016–Present	Regimental Flag of Para Commando Brigade (Bangladesh Army)	Para Commando Brigade Insignia on a dark purple field
	1976–Present	Regimental Flag of President Guard Regiment (PGR) (Bangladesh Army)	PGR's Insignia on a red field
	1972-present	Flag of 66th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army in Rangpur Cantonment	66th Infantry Division Insignia on a dark red field
	1979-present	Flag of Bangladesh National Cadet Corps (BNCC)	Red, navy, and sky blue horizontal tricolor with the BNCC emblem in the center

Date	Use	Description
2025–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Police	Logo of Bangladesh Police on a dark blue field
1971–present	Flag of the Criminal Investigation Department	Logo of Criminal Investigation Department on a dark blue field
2025–present	Flag of IGP of the Bangladesh Police
1981–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence	Logo of Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence on an orange field
1948–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Ansar-VDP	Ansar Insignia on a red-green field
1972–present	Flag of Bangladesh Customs	Bangladesh Customs is their badge, outlined in white, on a dark blue background.
1986–present	Flag of the Special Security Force	Insignia of Special Security Force on a dark green field

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Link to flag	1972–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Scouts	Bangladesh Scouts logo on a dark green field
Link to flag	1974–present	Flag of the Bangladesh Scouts Rover Region	Bangladesh Scouts logo on a dark red field with golden text below saying "Rover Region"
Link to flag	1972- present^[8]	Flag of the Bangladesh Scouts Railway Region	Bangladesh Scouts logo on a railway blue field with golden text below saying "Railway Region"
Link to flag	1976- present	Flag of the Bangladesh Scouts Naval Region	Bangladesh Naval Scouts logo on a Navy blue field with golden text below saying "Naval Region"
Link to flag	1977- present	Flag of the Bangladesh Scouts Air Region	Bangladesh Air Scouts logo on a Sky blue field with golden text below saying "Air Region"

List of Bangladeshi flags

Ceremonial parade flags

Government flags

Civil ensign

Military flags

Police and civil defense flags

Bangladesh Scouts

Ethnic flags

Political flags

Separatist rebel movements

Historical flags

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Flag	Duration	Use	Description
Current
	1971–present	Bangladesh Awami League	A green field containing four red stars, with a vertical red bar at the hoist.
	1978–present	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	Two horizontal bands of red and green, with an eight-teethed black cogwheel (diameter approx. half of the flag's height) in the centre. Directly above the cogwheel lies a yellow rice plant below a yellow five-pointed star.
	1986–present	Jatiya Party (Ershad)	Two vertical bands of green and red with a yellow star in the middle.
	1990–present	Bangladesh Islami Front	A black field inscribed with the Arabic shahada with a vertical white bar at the hoist.
	1980–present	Socialist Party of Bangladesh
	1980–present	Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena	Two horizontal bands of black and green with a white vertical bar on the hoist side.
		Islami Chattra Sena
	1980–present	Revolutionary Students Unity of Bangladesh
	1975–present	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
	1977–present	Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir
	1990-present	Islamic Front Bangladesh
	1972–present	Bangladesh Awami Jubo League
	1978-present	Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Jubo Dal
	1994-present	Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League
	2000–present	Krishak Sramik Janata League
	1971–present	Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP Muzaffar)
	2006–present	Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP
		Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	A red field with a yellow ember in the middle.
	1990–present	Ganatantri Party	Three horizontal stripes of camarone, white and crimson.
or	1970-present	Standard Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee^[9]^[10]^[11]	A vertical tricolour of white, green and orange, with a white crescent and star in the center.
	1972–present	Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti	A vertical bicolour of white and red, charged with a yellow star centred on the white portion.
	1971–present	Communist Party of Bangladesh	Red standard with a hammer and sickle on the top-left corner.
	1967-present	Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Barua)
	1971–present	Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh	Nine horizontal stripes alternating black and white.
	1952–present	Bangladesh Students' Union
	1995–present	Jatiya Gano Front
	1948–present	Bangladesh Chhatra League
	1979–present	Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal
	1980–present	Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Swechhasebak Dal
	1983–present	Jatiyo Chhatra Samaj
	2006–present	Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)
	1976–present	Bangladesh Muslim League	Green standard with a star and crescent.
	2005-present	Bangladesh Tarikat Federation
	2015–present	Trinomool BNP
	2007-present	Bangladesh Kalyan Party
	2004-present	Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh
	2013-present	Bangladesh Congress
	2017-present	Nationalist Democratic Movement
	1989-present	Bangladesh Zaker Party
	2023-present	Bangladesh Supreme Party
	2021-present	Gono Odhikar Parishad
	2002-present	Ganosanhati Andolan
	2012-present	Nagorik Oikko
	2007-present	National People's Party
	1997-present	Bangladesh Sangskritik Muktijote
		Bangladesh Citizens Alliance
Former
	1972-?	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal	A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red.
	1957-1967	National Awami Party	Red standard.
Other
		South Asian Communist Banner	Red standard with a large hammer and sickle in the centre.

Date	Party	Description
1972–2006	Shanti Bahini (armed wing)	A vertical bicolour of red and white, charged with a yellow star centred on the white portion.
1973–2006	Bangabhumi
1998-present	United People's Democratic Front
2008-present	Kuki-Chin National Front
1997–present	Zomi Revolutionary Army	A red field charged with a green cross with yellow borders that extend to the edges.

Date	Use	Description
1971– 1972	Flag of Provisional Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, used after independence too.	A flag with a green background, a red disk and a yellow map of the country in the middle^[5]
March – December 1971	Flag of Mukti Bahini (Liberation Forces)	A flag with a red background, a white disk and a hand holding a rifle- bayonet in the middle.
1947-1971	Flag of Pakistan	Green flag with a white crescent and star on it, and a white strip to its left. See List of Pakistani flags for more.
1955-1971	Flag of Governor of East Pakistan
1803–1947	Flag of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal Presidency, later Bengal Province)	A Blue Ensign with the Union Flag at the canton, and the Bengal Presidency Emblem displayed in the fly.
1880–1947	Flag of the British Raj: A civilian flag used to represent British India internationally.	A Red Ensign with the Union Flag at the canton, and the Star of India displayed in the fly.
1885–1947	Flag of the Viceroy of India	The Union Jack with the insignia of the Order of the Star of India beneath the Imperial Crown of India.
1858–1947	The official state flag of the British Empire for use in India	The Flag of the United Kingdom.
1717–1757	Flag of the Bengal Subah	A white flag with three yellow barrels and a yellow handled black sword.^[12]
1717–1757	Nawabs of Bengal war flag	^[13]
1576–1858	Flag of the Mughal Empire	Mughal Empire Alam flag that was primarily moss green.^[14]
1352–1576	Flag of the Bengal Sultanate according to Catalan atlas in 1375
1352–1576	Flag of the Bengal Sultanate according to Empire of Armalet in "The book of knowledge of all kingdoms" in c. 1350s or c. 1385
1231–1338	Flag of the Delhi Sultanate	According to the Catalan Atlas the flag of the Delhi Sultanate was a grey flag with a black strip left of center.