Md Shafeenul Islam

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Major General
Md Shafeenul Islam
মোঃ শাফিনুল ইসলাম
22nd Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
In office
20 March 2018 –28 February 2022
Years of service1986–2022
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-7.svg Major General
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Unit East Bengal Regiment
Commands
Battles/wars UNAMI

Md Shafeenul Islam BGBM(Bar), ndc, psc is a former Major General in Bangladesh Army and former Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh. [1]

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Early life

Shafeenul Islam was born on 2 March 1966 in Tilakpur, Joypurhat District. He joined the Bangladesh Military Academy on 25 June 1984. He was commissioned with 14th BMA Long course on 27 June 1986 in the Corps of Infantry of the Bangladesh Army. [2] He is a graduate of Defence Services Command and Staff College and National Defence College, Bangladesh. [3] He obtained two master's degrees in defence studies, one from National University, Bangladesh and another from King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. [4] [5] [6]

Career

Shafeen has commanded several units or formations including an infantry battalion, a battle-group and two infantry brigades. As a staff officer, he served as the brigade major of an infantry brigade, and then served as an instructor at the School of Infantry & Tactics and at the Defence Services Command and Staff College, in Mirpur. He has also served in the DGFI as Director CIB, AFD as DG Intelligence. [6]

His operational service includes a deployment in support of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq as an observer. [7]

He was appointed to the Bangladesh Tea Board on 14 February 2016 as its chairman. [8] During his tenure as chairman, he promoted the diversification of tea products including introducing pickles made from tea to the Bangladesh Tea Expo. [3] He was appointed as the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) in March 2018 replacing Major General Abul Hossain. [8] [9] [3] On 18 February 2022, Major General Shakil Ahmed became the director general of BGB by replacing him and General Shafeen brought back to Armed Forces from deputation. [10]

Achievements

As the DG BGB, Shafeen reduced border violence. [11] Within a short period as DG, he visited almost all the remote bordering areas and border outposts, where he talked with deployed BGB members and inquired about their well-being. [12] [13] Shafeen has also assisted the government to handle Rohingya issues along the border. [14] [15] [16]

Shafeenul Islam was praised by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, for his efforts to diversify tea products including using tea to make pickles and cosmetic products. [3]

Family life

Shafeenul is married to Shoma Islam. The couple have only a daughter. [17] Shafeen's father, Colonel Md Nurul Islam, an Army Medical Corps officer also served in the Bangladesh Army for 33 years before retiring in 1994. His only brother, Air Commodore Sitwat Nayeem, [18] is a fighter pilot in the Bangladesh Air Force and his sister, Shahneela Islam, is self employed. [7] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Correspondent, Senior. "Major General Shakil Ahmed appointed as director general of BGB". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Maj Gen Shafeenul made new BGB chief". The Daily Star. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Major General Shafeenul is new Director General of BGB". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam new BGB DG". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "New BGB chief Shafeenul Islam takes charge". Jago News 24. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 মহাপরিচালকের-প্রোফাইল [Director General's Profile]. Border Guard Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. 1 2 "New BGB chief Maj Gen Shafeenul Islam takes charge". Dhaka Tribune. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Newly appointed BGB chief takes charge". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "BGB new chief Shafeenul takes charge". The Daily Star. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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  11. ↑ "No big infiltration from Bangladesh into India: BGB DG". The Economic Times. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  12. ↑ মোটরসাইকেল চালিয়ে ক্যাম্পে গেলেন বিজিবি মহাপরিচালক. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "DG visits BGB camps in Kushtia". UNB. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "BSF-BGB talks begin in New Delhi, Rohingyas to be discussed". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Rohingya not a terror threat: BGB". The Telegraph. Kolkata. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "Rohingya crisis a 'humanitarian disaster'". The Daily Star. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "Major General Shafeenul new DG of BGB". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Air Commodore" (PDF).
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