A.K.M Nazmul Hasan is a retired major general in the

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army () is the land warfare branch, and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to defend the land of Bangladesh from any external attack. Control of personnel and operations is ad ...

and was Commandant of

East Bengal Regimental Centre East Bengal Regiment Centre (EBRC) is an infantry training centre of East Bengal Regiment of Bangladesh Army located in Chittagong Cantonment. Major General Towhidul Ahmed is the current commandant of the centre and flag officer commanding of t ...

. Prior to that, he served as the Director General of the

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, includin ...

. Before that, he was the 24th Director General of the

Border Guards Bangladesh Border Guard Bangladesh (abbr. BGB; ) is a paramilitary force responsible for the border security of Bangladesh. The BGB is entrusted with the responsibility to defend the border of Bangladesh with India and Myanmar. It was formerly known as t ...

(BGB). He also served as the Director General of the

Bangladesh Ansar The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (; also known as the Ansar Bahini or Ansar VDP) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh. It is administered by the ...

and the

Village Defence Party The Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (; also known as the Ansar Bahini or Ansar VDP) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh. It is administered by the ...

. He was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 11th Infantry Division and Area Commander, Bogura Area.

Early life and education

Hasan was born on 2 January 1969 in

Faridpur District Faridpur District () is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters, the city of Faridpur, Bangladesh, Faridpur, which its ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

, now Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree from the

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong () also known as Chittagong University (CU), is a public research university located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established on 18 November 1966. It is the fifth oldest university of Bangladesh. Having an area ...

and his Master's in Defence Studies (MDS) degree from the

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. He also completed the Army Staff Course from the

Defence Services Command and Staff College The Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) is situated at Batalanda, Makola (South) 12 Kilometers away from Colombo and its aim to develop the professional knowledge and understanding of experienced officers of the Sri Lanka Army, Sr ...

and the National Defence Course from the National Defence College.

Career

Nazmul Hasan joined the

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the military training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near the Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh about 13 kilometers ...

with the 18th BMA Long Course on 15 July 1986 and was commissioned on 24 June 1988 in the Infantry Corps. Hasan served as the General Staff Officer Grade-3 (Training) at the

School of Infantry and Tactics School of Infantry and Tactics is a Bangladesh army infantry and special forces training institute. The institute was founded in 1973 and is based in Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet. History The institute was formed on 19 March 1973 at Comilla Can ...

. He carried out counterinsurgency activities in the

Rangamati district Rangamati District (), officially Rangamati Hill District, is a district in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division, and the town of Rangamati serves as the headquarters of the district. By area, Rangamati is the larg ...

in the 1990s during the

Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict The insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (), also known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict (), refers to a political and armed conflict that occurred in Bangladesh in two phases: *First phase happened from 1977 to 1997 between the gover ...

. He served as the Quarter Master General of the Bangladesh Army's Composite Brigade. At Bangladesh Army Headquarters, he served as the Deputy Provost Marshal. He was the Colonel General Staff at

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 A ...

. He served as the Dhaka Detachment Commander. Hasan served as GOC of the Bogura Area for more than two years. He also served as Director of the Counter Intelligence Bureau at the

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (), commonly known by its acronym DGFI, is the defense intelligence agency of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation and evaluation of strategic and topographic informatio ...

. Nazmul served in the

United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina The United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission formed under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1035 on 21 December 1995. It completed its mandate on 31 December 2002, when it w ...

as a platoon commander in 1994 at Bihac Pocket and as Officer Commanding of the Sector Reserve at Nyala, Darfur, Sudan, in 2010. Hasan has commanded infantry battalions and military police units. Hasan was the General Officer Commanding of the 11th Infantry Division based in

Bogra Cantonment Bogra Cantonment, also known as Majhira Cantonment, is a cantonment located at Shajahanpur Upazila, Bangladesh. About 10 kilometers south of Bogura, a city in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of the 11th Infantry Divisi ...

. Hasan joined

and VDP on 21 July 2022. He replaced Major General

Mizanur Rahman Shamim Mizanur Rahman Shamim is a three star general and incumbent Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army. Prior to join CGS, he was the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the, Armed Forces Division. He had served as General Officer commanding (GOC ...

. He was also the Chairman of the Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank. On 17 January 2023, the government appointed Hasan as the Director General of the

, a paramilitary unit responsible for guarding the borders of Bangladesh. On 30 January 2024,

Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui is a two star officer in the Bangladesh Army. He is the incumbent director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh and current chairman of Shimanto Bank. Siddique was the former chairman of the Army Sports Control ...

was appointed Director General of the Border Guards Bangladesh, replacing Hasan.

References

Footnotes Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazmul Hasan, A K M Living people Bangladesh Army generals Director generals of Bangladesh Ansar 1969 births People from Faridpur District Director generals of Border Guard Bangladesh University of Chittagong alumni National Defence College (Bangladesh) alumni