Md Mainul Islam is a retired

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. He is the former

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and

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(CGS) of

. He also served as

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. He is currently the president of the

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Education

Islam completed his master's degree in Strategic Studies in 2003 from

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, Pennsylvania, USA. He did his second Masters in Business Studies in 2004 from The Trinity University, USA. Also completed his third Masters in Defence Studies in 2005 from National University. Now, he is pursuing PhD program under

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Career

Army

Islam was commissioned from

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in the

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in 1977. During his long 40 years career, he served in a variety of command, staff and instructor appointments and was widely known for effectively handling critical issues. He served as Chief Instructor of Armed Forces war course (AFWC) wing of National Defence College Bangladesh. After reorganizing Border Guard Bangladesh, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and was made Chief of General Staff at the Army Headquarters. He planned and transformed Bangladesh Army to be more professional and better equipped. In July 2015 he was made the

. He was a part of modernization of

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having significant contribution in the making of

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He left that position in February 2016 when he retired from the Bangladesh Army.

BGB

He was hand picked as Brigadier General to manage the catastrophic situation of

2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny The Bangladesh Rifles revolt (also referred to as the Pilkhana tragedy) was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a paramilitary force mainly tasked with guarding the borders of Bang ...

. He served as the Director General of

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from 28 February 2009 to 9 May 2010 and was given the responsibility of reorganizing the mutiny devastated force. He had replaced Director General Shakil Ahmed who was killed in the mutiny. He re-established the chain of command in the force and initiated the trial of the mutiny in a very short time. He transformed working environment of the traditional border force with new laws and positive culture. He oversaw the change in name of Bangladesh Rifles to Border Guards Bangladesh. During his directorship, the uniform was changed and an intelligence unit was added to the border forces. He produced a new organisational structure upon which the force operates today.

United Nations

After forced withdrawal of Bangladesh Battalion Headquarters from UN camps in Ivory Coast, Bangladeshi Peacekeepers faced image crisis; by negative branding like "armed tourists" in the mission area. He was assigned to bring change in ways of professional Peace Keeping duty. He could turn the tide in favor of Bangladeshi Peace Keepers. He was also a proud member of 1st milestone group of 15 Peace Keepers deployed under United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIMOG) to Iraq in 1988, immediately after Iraq-Iran War. This group paved the way of present-day Peace Keeping.

Honours

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Islam, Md Mainul Living people Bangladesh Army generals Director Generals of Border Guards Bangladesh Year of birth missing (living people) Principal Staff Officers (Bangladesh) People from Comilla District