The contemporary security concerns of Bangladesh emerge as a complex phenomenon. Although the conventional interpretation of security emphasizing on power armaments, weaponry all remain valid, but they by themselves are no longer able to explain a nation’s threats of multiple dimensions. Non-conventional sources of insecurity such as economic matters and environmental deteriorations have not been placed in their proper perspective to incorporate such assessment into the national security agenda. National defense establishments are useless against these new threats. “Neither bloated military budget nor highly sophisticated weapons system can halt the environmental despoliation or economic influence of the industrially advanced countries over LDCs. Therefore, an interface in the domain of Bangladesh security preoccupations is likely to be apparent setting conventional and non-conventional security in an image of confrontation. (more…)