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Sheikh Muhammad Monirul Islam
Sheikh Muhammad Monirul Islam is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army and chief external & corporate affairs officer of bKash Limited. Career Monir was commissioned in the East Bengal Regiment in the year 1978. From 1988 to 1989, Major General Monir served as an observer in United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG), the first contingent of 15 Army Officers from Bangladesh. He served as an instructor in Bangladesh Military Academy, Bhatiary and Defence Services Command & Staff College. In the rank of brigadier general, he was posted to Ministry of Foreign Affairs on deputation as the chief of protocol of Bangladesh. Monir has a Masters of Defence Studies from National University of Bangladesh, and a Master of Science on Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University, Chennai, India. He is a graduate of Defence Services Command & Staff College and National Defence College, Mirpur, Bangladesh. Monir had served as the director general of the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Security Force
The Special Security Force (; abbreviated as SSF) is a Bangladeshi law enforcement agency that provides protection to the President, Prime Minister and the Chief Adviser as well as any person designated as a VVIP as per state protocol, including visiting foreign dignitaries. Responsibility The mission of the SSF is to provide physical security to the President of Bangladesh, Prime Minister of Bangladesh and any person designated as a very very important person (VVIP) by the Government of Bangladesh. The SSF takes necessary measures in coordination with the civil administration and security and intelligence organizations to prevent future threats to VVIPs and protect VVIPs from active threats. The SSF is also responsible for the security of VVIPs’ offices and residences. History The idea of establishing a security force in Bangladesh for physical protection of VIPs was first mooted by the then-President Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Accordingly, the Presidential Security Force (P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Institute Of International And Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major General Iftekhar Anis is current Director General and Ambassador A F M Gousal Azam Sarker is the current Chairman of BIISS. History The institute was established in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh as a statutory organisation. The institute is under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r .... References Research institutes in Bangladesh 1978 establishments in Bangladesh Think tanks based in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka {{Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors General Of National Security Intelligence
Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''Director'' (Avant album) (2006) * ''Director'' (Yonatan Gat album) Occupations and positions Arts and design * Animation director * Artistic director * Creative director * Design director * Film director * Music director * Music video director * Television director * Theatre director Positions in other fields * Director (business), a senior-level management position * Director (colonial), head of chartered company's colonial administration for a territory * Director (education), head of a university or other educational body * Company director, a member of (for example) a board of directors * Cruise director * Executive director, senior operating officer or manager of an organization or corporation, usually at a nonprofit * Finance dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Army Generals
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many Buddhist and Hindu dynasties in ancient history. Following the Muslim conquest in 1204, the region saw Sultanate and Mughal rule. During the Mughal period, particularly under the Bengal Subah, the region emerged as one of the most pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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National Defence College (Bangladesh)
The National Defence College (abbreviated as NDC) is a self degree awarding state owned institution for the strategic training of civil and military officers and is located in the Mirpur Cantonment in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The college was established on 7 December 1996 and started its operations on 10 January 1999. Armed Forces War College Armed Forces War College was established in 2001 under the National Defence College. It is headed by the Commandant of the National Defence College. Notable alumni * Lieutenant general Tukur Yusuf Buratai the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army (2015–2021). * Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler VM, Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force. * Colonel Ismaon Zainie, Chief of Staff of the Joint Force Headquarters of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces * Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Madras
The University of Madras is a public university, public State university (India), state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent universities in India, incorporated by an act of the Council of India, Legislative Council of India under the British India, British government. The university is the alma mater of presidents of India, five Presidents of India, including A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; Chief Justice of India, three Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of India; two Indian physics Nobel laureates, CV Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar; several notable mathematicians including Srinivasa Ramanujan and Abel Prize winner S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan; and Turing Award winner Raj Reddy among others. The University of Madras is a collegiate university, collegiate research university and has six campuses in the city: Chepauk, Marina Beach, Marina, Guindy, Taramani, Maduravoyal and Chetpet. It offers more than 230 cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University Of Bangladesh
National University (NU; ) is a public collegiate university of Bangladesh that was established in 1992 by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating university of the country to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to students through its affiliated colleges, schools and professional institutions throughout the country. The number of colleges under the NU is 2,257. Among these, 555 are government colleges. A total of 881 colleges offer honors courses. It is the second-largest university in the world in terms of enrollment. The headquarters is in Gazipur, on the outskirts of Dhaka. After its establishment, the university began affiliating with association degree-awarding colleges, many of which were previously affiliated with the University of Dhaka, University of Rajshahi, University of Chittagong and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Organization It is an undergraduate, postgraduate teaching and research university as well as an affiliating university. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BKash
bKash Limited ( d/b/a: bkash) is a mobile financial service (MFS) in Bangladesh operating under the authority of Bangladesh Bank as a subsidiary of BRAC Bank PLC. This mobile financial service company started as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, and Money in Motion LLC. History bKash was launched by Kamal Quadir and Iqbal Quadir. In the mid-2000s, mobile financial services Mobile Service Internet Service Value Added Service had taken off in the Philippines, Kenya, and other emerging markets when the two Quadir brothers decided to bring it to Bangladesh. In need of a local partner, the Quadir brothers began to engage BRAC's founder, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, in 2008. Discussions between them and Abed continued over a two-year period. In 2010, they committed to establishing a joint venture between Money in Motion and BRAC Bank. bKash launched on 21 July 2011 in Bangladesh, with basic services: Cash In, Cash Out and Send Money, keeping in mind that more than 70% of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comilla Cantonment
Cumilla Cantonment () is a military station of the Bangladesh Army, located near Comilla, Bangladesh. History During the Second World War, a jungle warfare school was set up at Comilla by the 14th Indian Infantry Division, after the mid-1942 Allied retreat from Burma. The school emphasized techniques in six areas key to successful fighting in jungle terrain: outflanking, being outflanked, ambushing and other minor tactics, the myth of the impenetrable jungle, health, and fitness. The school was transferred to Sevoke in 1943. In 1943–1944, military contractors constructing what was then called Mainamati Cantonment disturbed and damaged unsurveyed archaeological remains at the site. Later, the base was renamed Comilla Cantonment. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, an Indian news magazine described it as "one of the best natural fortifications" in East Bengal because "the greater part of this cantonment is tunnelled into the hill and is impervious to aerial bombing". Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)
The 11th Infantry Division () is a formation of the Bangladesh Army. It has the Bogra Cantonment, the Jahangirabad Cantonment and the Qadriabad Cantonment under its command. The Bogra Cantonment is the HQ of this division. History 11th Infantry Division was inaugurated on 29 March 1976 by then chief of army staff Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman and appointed Major General Abu Zafar Chowdhury as first general officer commanding. It is the second infantry division of Bangladesh Army. Initially headquartered at Jahangirabad Cantonment, the division was composed of 26th Infantry Brigade, 111th Infantry Brigade and 11th Artillery Brigade. The headquarters shifted to Bogra Cantonmenton 1978 under Major General Amzad Ahmed Chowdhury who also established the Bogra Cantonment Public School and College. The 93rd Armoured Brigade was installed on 23 November 1979 as the first mechanized brigade of Bangladesh army with units composed of 4th Horse Regiment, 4th East Bengal Regiment an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
