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Director General Of Forces Intelligence
The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence ( bn, সামরিক গোয়েন্দা মহাপরিদপ্তর), commonly known as DGFI is the military intelligence section of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, tasked with collection, collation, and evaluation of strategic and topographic information, primarily through human intelligence (HUMINT). As one of the principal members of the Bangladeshi intelligence community, the DGFI reports to the Director-General and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the Prime Minister, the Cabinet of Bangladesh, and the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. The Director General leads the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (more commonly known as DGFI), the military intelligence service of the Bangladesh Armed Forces The Bangladesh Armed Forces ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী, Bangladesh Sashastra Bahinī) are the Armed forces, combined military forces of the Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamidul Haque
Hamidul Haque nswc, psc (born 23 June 1970) is a Major General of Bangladesh Army. He is incumbent Director General of Directorate-General of Forces Intelligence. Prior to join DGFI, he was the General officer commanding of the 17th Infantry Division and Sylhet Area Commander. Early life Haque was born on 23 June 1970 in the village of Palakata in Eidgah Union, Eidgaon Upazila, Cox's Bazar District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed his SSC and HSC from Eidgah Model High School and Chittagong College respectively. He was admitted to Bangladesh Military Academy in 1986 and received his commission on 22 June 1990. Career Haque has commanded the 99 Composite Brigade that is responsible for the security of the Padma Bridge. He has served in the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Sierra Leone and South Sudan. Haque commanded the 203rd Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army in Chittagong Hill Tracts The Chittagong Hill Tracts ( bn, পার্বত্য চট্ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing Commander (rank)
Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including many Commonwealth countries but not including Canada (since Unification) and South Africa. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. It ranks immediately above squadron leader and immediately below group captain. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-4. It is equivalent to commander in the Royal and United States Navies, as well as to lieutenant colonel in the British Army, the Royal Marines, and the United States Army, Air Force and Marine Corps. The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and in Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General (Bangladesh)
Lieutenant General (abbreviated as Lt. Gen. and in contraction simply known as 'general') is a senior rank in the Bangladesh Army. It is the second-highest active rank of the Bangladesh Army and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of lieutenant general. It is also considered a 3 star rank. Till 2007 it was the highest rank in the Bangladesh Armed Forces as all chiefs of army staff held this rank and navy and air chiefs were of two-star ranks. Lieutenant general is a higher rank than Major General, but lower than General. Lieutenant general is the equivalent of vice admiral in the Bangladesh Navy and air marshal in the Bangladesh Air Force. Ziaur Rahman was the first person to hold this rank as prior to him first army chief K M Shafiullah was Major-General and M. A. G. Osmani (retired as a Colonel from the Pakistan Army in 1967) was made full general on the basis of his service for the liberation war in 1972. Insignia The insignia for the rank of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golam Mohammad
Golam Mohammad nwc, psc was a Major General of Bangladesh Army and former Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He is the former the Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. Early life and education Mohammad graduated from Mirzapur Cadet College. He completed his Masters on Defence Strategic Studies from the University of Madras. He studied at the National Defense University and completed a second Masters in National Security Strategy. Career Mohammad was commissioned in the infantry crop of the East Bengal Regiment on 14 June 1979. From 1989 to 1990, Mohammad served in Namibia as part of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group. Mohammad was the Directing Staff of Defence Services Command and Staff College. In 2007, Mohammad was promoted from Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence to Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence in June 2007 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chowdhury Fazlul Bari
Chowdhury Fazlul Bari was a Bangladesh Army officer and former Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. Career Bari joined the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in 2004 when it was founded. As a Lieutenant colonel he served as the Additional director general of RAB. The last post he held in RAB was additional director general. In 2005 he defended Rapid Action Battalions practice of extrajudicial killing of suspects to the US embassy. He was made Director of DGFI by the then BNP lead government. During military backed Caretaker government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed, he became the chief of DGFI. However, at the end of the caretaker government he was posted to Bangladesh's diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C. Tarique Rahman, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, accused him of leading his torture. He was recalled from his post after the elected Awami League government took power. He sought an extension but Government did not grant it and later Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigadier General
Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (four battalions). Variants Brigadier general Brigadier general (Brig. Gen.) is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (four battalions). In some countries, this rank is given the name of ''brigadier'', which is usually equivalent to ''brigadier general'' in the armies of nations that use the rank. The rank can be traced back to the militaries of Europe where a "brigadier general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A T M Amin
ATM Amin is a retired General of the Bangladesh Army. He is a former Director General of Forces Intelligence, and a former Director General of Ansar and VDP. He was forced into retirement in 2009. Career As Brigadier General he was director of counter-terrorism unit Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau of the DGFI . Later he was promoted to Major General and appointed DG of DGFI. It is stated that under him the DGFI tried to create Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) in Bangladesh composed of members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh and that he pressured former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to convince the US government to support the party. In the past after the 2005 Dhaka Grenade attack he was accused and framed as helping one of the suspects escape from Bangladesh with support from DGFI officer Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Joarder and Saiful Islam Duke, the nephew of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Amin flew to the United States soon after the Awami League governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadik Hasan Rumi
Sadik Hasan Rumi is a former Major General of Bangladesh Army who served as Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) from May 2002 to May 2007. Career During the 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny, Captain Rumi led an operation to rescue Abdul Gafoor Mahmud, Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force. Rumi was in charge of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence during the 21 August 2004 bombing in Dhaka that tried to assassinate then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina. His help was sought by Abdul Aziz Sarkar, the Director General of Rapid Action Battalion, to capture Tajuddin, a terrorist and brother of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Minister Abdus Salam Pintu, who was the prime suspect in the 21 August bombing. He directed Directorate General of Forces Intelligence officer Lieutenant Colonel Saiful Islam Joarder to find Tajuddin. Saiful instead provided shelter to Tajuddin and Maulana Abdus Salam, the founder of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in a DGFI s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury
Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury is a retired Bangladesh Army officer who is the former Director of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence and National Security Intelligence. Career Chowdhury maintained regular contact with Tarique Rahman while at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He was the Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence from 2003 to 2004. He met with Paresh Baruah of the United Liberation Front of Asom to discuss smuggling arms for Indian separatist outfit. He also served as Directors General of the National Security Intelligence from 20 April 2008 to 17 March 2009. Chowdhury was sentenced to death in the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong on 2014. The arms were destined for ULFA rebels in India. He held meetings with officials of ARY Group and the Pakistan intelligence agency ISI regarding the smuggling of arms. He is currently in prison. Chowdhury was sentenced to death in the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an attem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Abdul Latif
Mohammad Abdul Latif (Died: 18 September 2013) was a Major General of Bangladesh Army. He served as the Director General of Bangladesh Rifles from 24 September 1990 to 8 June 1992. Career Mohammad Abdul Latif served as the Director General of Bangladesh Rifles Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ... from 24 September 1990 to 8 June 1992. He was the accused in the murder case of Major General Manzur. References 2013 deaths Year of birth missing Director Generals of Border Guards Bangladesh Bangladesh Army generals Bangladeshi military personnel {{Bangladesh-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury
Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury ( bn, মোহাব্বত জান চৌধুরী) is a former Bangladeshi Army Major General, politician and former Home Minister. He served as the Director General of DGFI. Early life and family Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury was born into a Bengali Muslim family who were erstwhile Zamindars of Khanpur in Gopalganj. His father, Said Jan Chowdhury (d. 1984), was a civil servant and the son of Zamindar Rahmat Jan Chowdhury of Khanpur. His great grandfather, Ahmad Jan Chowdhury was one of the two sons of Azim Chowdhury, the Zamindar of Dulai in Sujanagar, Pabna District. Through him, he was a descendant of Sharfuddin Sarkar, a nobleman who migrated to Dulai from Samarkand in Turkestan. Mohabbat's mother belonged to the aristocratic zamindar family of Ulania, who traced their ancestry to Persia. Career Chowdhury trained at the Pakistan Military Academy and joined the Pakistan Army in September 1955 as a second lieutenant. He was a batch mate of Ziaur Rahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
