Muhammad Rafiqul Islam is a retired

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major general and former

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Career

Rafiqul joined the Signals Corps of the

on 30 November 1976. He served in the Military Operation Directorate as its GSO. He was the assistant private secretary to the Chief of Army Staff. From 1993 to 1994 he served as the deputy regional commander of the

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. He was the commandant of the Signal Training School and College and served as the commanding officer of two signal battalions. Rafiqul Islam served as the Director of Signals in the Bangladesh Army Headquarters. He served in the Prime Minister's Office and the Armed Forces Division as the director of operations. He was appointed

on 11 May 2011. He presided over the special court no-3 of

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that tried mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny of 2009. He also presided over special court no-7 of the BDR trial. He left the Bangladesh Border Guards on 1 July 2011 and was replaced by Major General Anwar Hussain. On 14 July 2011, he went on leave prior to his retirement.

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