Muhammad Nurul Islam (born ) is a Bangladeshi diplomat from

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

. He currently serves as the Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is one of the Consuls-General among 102 foreign representatives in Bangladesh, and one of 15 foreign representatives in Chittagong. On November 3, 2012, the

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honored him as 2012 Fall Imperial Decorations on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Japan, where he received "the

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, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon". Nurul Islam is the fifth Bangladeshi who received the honor.

Early life and education

Islam was born in 1943 in

in the then

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(now in

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) and passed his childhood in the city. In 1963, he was graduated from the Chittagong College under the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. In 1968, he completes a degree in the

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at the

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under the Japan Foundation’s scholarship scheme.

Career

In 1987, Nurul Islam has founded Nippon Academy in Chittagong for the proposed to facilitate learning of the Japanese language and Japan studies in Bangladesh, and the founder of Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, Chittagong. Alongside in 1989 he founded AOTS (The Association for Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association) Alumni Society to introduce Japanese-style business management in Bangladesh. In 1990, he was responsible as the Honorary Consul of Japan in Chittagong and served until 2000 and then he was responsible for the second time as the Honorary Consul-General. He is the vice president of the World Federation of Consuls (FICAC).

Honor

* '' The Order of the Rising Sun'' (2012, Japan)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nurul Islam, Muhammad Living people 1943 births People from Chittagong University of Dhaka alumni University of Tokyo alumni Honorary consuls Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun