1.The Bengali Muslim society lacks aristocracy or elite class created by the British colonials. We select officer entries with good background, good schooling and good academic record. Our officers have excelled in courses all over the world incl India and Pakistan. We have a top class military academy and a staff college that has trained officers for many nations.
2. BA has not fought a war as such. However, it was deployed in anti-insurgency in CHT. In border skirmishes our border troops led by army officers always had the better of the counterpart. We are preferred by UN for peace missions.See the stats. BD, Pakistan and India are always the top contributors with similar force level. But if you consider the size of the military in each country, proportionately we contribute much more than others. In fact we have to turn down indents often because of our own commitments.