Operations & Plan Directorate has four sections. These are Joint Operations Section, Foreign Affairs and Protocol Section, Joint Plan & Project Section and Communication and Information Technology Section. This Directorate is responsible for following tasks:

• Defence policy, plans and treaty commitments.
• Bilateral Defence/Military Dialogue and Service to Service Talks.
• Joint and Combined Operations.
• Special Forces Operations and Exercises
• Counter Terrorism Operations, Training and Exercises.
• Activities with regard to Chattogram Hill Tracts.
• Nuclear Security and Physical Protection System.
• Disaster Management, Operations, Training and Exercises.
• Deployment of Forces in Aid to Civil Power.
• Activities with regard to United Nations Mission as well as all deployments outside the country other than United Mission.
• Formulating and implementing the Forces Goal of the Armed Forces.
• Formulating Table of Organization and Equipments (TO&E) as per the Forces Goal as well as procurement and standardization of equipment outside the TO&E.
• Promulgating National Air Defence Plan.
• Coordinating various important national projects including Implementation of Asrayan/ Abashon Project.
• Activities with regard to Communication and Information Technology.
• Arranging various Capacity building programme, workshop, seminar etc on disaster management with various stakeholders from home and abroad.