Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh

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Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
DG
Incumbent
Major General Md Shafeenul Islam
since 20 March 2018
Border Guards Bangladesh
SeatBGB HQ, Peelkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh
AppointerThe President and PM of Bangladesh
Formation1795
First holderMajor General Chitta Ranjan Datta
WebsiteOfficial Website

Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (abbreviated as BGB) also known as 'Border Guards chief' is the professional head of the Border Guards Bangladesh (previously Bangladesh Rifles). The current DG is Major General Md Shafeenul Islam.[1] The first BGB chief was General Chitta Ranjan Datta.

The Director General functions from the Bangladesh Border Guards Headquarters, which is located in the Peelkhana, Dhaka.

List of Director Generals of Border Guards Bangladesh[2]

# Name Photo Term Began Term Ended
1st Major-General Chitta Ranjan Datta 31 July 1972 21 February 1974
2nd Major General M Khalilur Rahman 22 February 1974 31 October 1975
3rd Major General Quazi Golam Dastgir 1 November 1975 14 December 1977
4th Major General Muhammad Atiqur Rahman 15 December 1977 30 June 1982
5th Major General R A M Golam Muktadir 1 July 1982 16 July 1985
6th Major General Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury 17 July 1985 30 June 1988
7th Major General Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury 1 July 1988 23 September 1990
8th Major General Mohammad Abdul Latif 24 September 1990 8 June 1992
9th Major General Mohammad Anwar Hossain 10 June 1992 11 February 1995
10th Major General Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury 12 February 1995 18 July 1996
11th Major General Mohammad Azizur Rahman 25 August 1996 30 December 1999
12th Major General A. L. M. Fazlur Rahman 29 February 2000 11 July 2001
13th Major General Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim 12 July 2001 1 December 2001
14th Major General Rezaqul Haider 1 December 2001 21 January 2003
15th Major General Md Jahangir Alam Choudhury 21 January 2003 18 February 2006
16th Major General Shakil Ahmed 19 February 2006 25 February 2009
17th Major General Md Mainul Islam 28 February 2009 9 May 2010
18th Major General Md Rafiqul Islam 9 May 2010 30 June 2011
19th Major General Anwar Hussain 30 June 2011 5 December 2012
20th Major General Aziz Ahmed 5 December 2012 1 November 2016
21st Major General Abul Hossain 2 November 2016 8 March 2018
22nd Major General Md Shafeenul Islam 20 March 2018 present

References

  1. ^ "Maj Gen Shafeenul new DG of BGB". The Daily Star. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Border Guard Bangladesh". www.bgb.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
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