Staff Reporter :
The government has appointed Maj Gen Abul Hossain as the new Chief of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
Maj Gen Abul Hossain, who was serving as Military Secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, will replace Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed.
The Ministry of Public Administration has issued
an order in this regard on Wednesday. The order also said General Aziz will return to Bangladesh Army.
Fifty-four years old Hossain, commissioned in 1981, worked in the BGB earlier as a sector commander. He will now also have to serve as the ex-officio chairman of BGB Welfare Trust’s ‘Shimanto Bank’, recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Before joining the Bangabhaban, he served the Army Headquarters as the engineer in chief. He was also the commandant at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) and Bangladesh Ordnance Factory.
The former chief engineer of Dhaka City Corporation served in different Engineers Battalions including commanding 17 Engineers Construction Battalion and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion in Kuwait.
He did BSC in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He also obtained masters degrees in business administration and defence studies. The courses he received were followed in several countries including China, Turkey and the UK.
The government has appointed Maj Gen Abul Hossain as the new Chief of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).
Maj Gen Abul Hossain, who was serving as Military Secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid, will replace Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed.
The Ministry of Public Administration has issued
an order in this regard on Wednesday. The order also said General Aziz will return to Bangladesh Army.
Fifty-four years old Hossain, commissioned in 1981, worked in the BGB earlier as a sector commander. He will now also have to serve as the ex-officio chairman of BGB Welfare Trust’s ‘Shimanto Bank’, recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Before joining the Bangabhaban, he served the Army Headquarters as the engineer in chief. He was also the commandant at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) and Bangladesh Ordnance Factory.
The former chief engineer of Dhaka City Corporation served in different Engineers Battalions including commanding 17 Engineers Construction Battalion and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion in Kuwait.
He did BSC in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He also obtained masters degrees in business administration and defence studies. The courses he received were followed in several countries including China, Turkey and the UK.
