Abul Hossain, ndc, psc, is a retired lieutenant general of

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. He served as the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB). Before that, he served as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid and as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters, Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology, Chief Engineer of Dhaka City Corporation, Director of Special Works Organization and Director of Works and Chief Engineer of the Bangladesh Army. He was also ex-officio Chairman of Shimanto Bank which is a sister concern of Border Guard Bangladesh welfare trust.

Early life and education

Hossain joined the Bangladesh Military Academy on 1 February 1980 and was commissioned on 27 December 1981 in the Corps of Engineers of the Bangladesh Army. He finished his BSc in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He obtained a

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(MBA) from American International University-Bangladesh and Masters in Defence Studies (MDS) from Bangladesh National University. He is qualified in M Phil Part-I from

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(BUP).

Career

Hossain served in different engineer battalions. He served as officer commanding of 33 Field Company Engineers and project officer of road construction project at Chimbuk-Thanchi road in

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. He was brigade major of an independent engineer brigade and grade 2 staff officer of Engineer in Chief Branch at Army headquarters. He was also sector commander of Border Guard Bangladesh. He was chief instructor in Engineer Centre & School of Military Engineering. He was the director of Special Works Organization and director works and chief engineer of Army headquarters. He also served as commanding officer of the Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering Training Battalion and commanding officer of 17 Engineer Construction Battalion. He has done his UN mission as commanding officer of EOD Battalion in Kuwait (OKP-11) at the year of 2000–02. He was chief engineer of Dhaka City Corporation and commandant of Bangladesh Ordnance Factory. He was also the commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology. He also served as engineer-in-chief at Army headquarters. Hossain served in the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission. From 2000 to 2002 he commanded 17 Engineer Construction Battalion and

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Battalion in

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(OKP-11). Hossain joined the Bangabhaban as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid in January 2014. He was appointed as director general of the

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on 2 November 2016. On 8 March 2018, he was brought back to the army and on 14 March he went to retirement. He was elevated to brevet lieutenant general during his leave per retirement (LPR). After retirement, Hossain sought nomination for the Patuakhali-3 constituency from Awami League ahead of the general election in 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Abul Living people Bangladeshi generals Bangladesh Army generals Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni 1962 births Director generals of Border Guard Bangladesh American International University-Bangladesh alumni Engineers in Chief of the Bangladesh Army