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Syed Fatemi Ahmed Rumi
Syed Fatemi Ahmed Rumi is a retired major general of the Bangladesh Army and former director general of Special Security Force. Career During the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule from 2001 to 2006, Rumi served as the director general of Special Security Force. He backed the military supported caretaker government that took power during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. During his military service, other officers referred to him as Shada (white) Rumi to distinguish him from his contemporary Major General Sadik Hasan Rumi, who was known as Kala (black) Rumi. In January 2007, Rumi was made the general officer commanding of the 66th Infantry Division which was based in Rangpur Cantonment and Major General Sheikh Md Manirul Islam replaced him as the Director General of Special Security Force. He worked with Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Army, Moeen U Ahmed, to establish Rangpur University and a new political party called Jago Bangladesh. In February 2009, Rumi was ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Security Force
The Special Security Force (SSF) is a Bangladeshi law enforcement agency that provides protection to government officials and foreign dignitaries. Responsibility The mission of the SSF is to provide physical security to the President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and any person designated as a very important person (VIP) by the Government of Bangladesh. The SSF takes necessary measures in coordination with the civil administration and security and intelligence organizations to prevent future threats to VIPs and protect VIPs from active threats. The SSF is also responsible for the security of VIPs’ offices and residences. History The idea of establishing a security force in Bangladesh for physical protection of VIPs was first mooted by the then-President Hussain Muhammad Ershad. Accordingly, the Presidential Security Force (PSF) was formed on 15 June 1986. Later, with the introduction of a parliamentary system of government in Bangladesh, the force was renamed as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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National Defence College (Bangladesh)
National Defence College is a government owned institution for the strategic training of civil and military officers and is located in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The college was established on 7 December 1996 and started its operations on 10 January 1999. Armed Forces War College Armed Forces War College was established in 2001 under the National Defence College. It is headed by the Commandant of the National Defence College. Notable alumni * Lieutenant general Tukur Yusuf Buratai the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Chief of Army Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army. History Formation The Nigerian ... (2015–2021). * Major general, Major General K.J.Wijetilleke- Sri Lankan general. * Air marshal, Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler VM, Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force. * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aminul Karim
Aminul Karim (born 1 July 1955) is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army. He served as the military secretary to the president of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed. He was a senior research fellow at the Asia Europe Institute, University of Malaya. Early life and education Aminul Karim was born on 1 July 1955 in Ranibari, Chandpur, Shibganj in Chapainawabganj. His father's name was Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and mother's was Rizia Khatun. He passed SSC in 1972 and HSC in 1974 from Rajshahi Cadet College. He graduated from University of Dhaka in 1980. He completed his staff course in 1985 from the Armed Forces Staff College, Kuala Lumpur. He completed the Long Defense Management course ( Masters in Management Studies) in 1992 from the College of Defense Management affiliated to Osmania University in Secunderabad, India. In 1994, he obtained his Post Graduate (MSS--political science) degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka. He graduated from the National Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangpur University
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), formerly Rangpur University, is a government-financed public university in Bangladesh. It is the only general categorised university in Rangpur Division and the second public university in the region. It was named after the feminist writer and social worker Begum Rokeya. It is the 30th public university of Bangladesh. It was established on 12 October 2008 under Begum Rokeya University Act, 2009 (2009–29). Campus The university is between Rangpur Cadet College and Carmichael College in Rangpur. It covers an area of . The university has constructed four academic building and started class from August 2011 in the main campus. Currently, the university has 22 departments and almost 7,000 students. It contains three student halls (two male and one female). There is a library and a cafeteria on the campus. History Since 1947, a university in this region has been a long cherished dream. A popular demand for a kind of university that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moeen U Ahmed
Moeen Uddin Ahmed is a former Bangladesh Army general and the 12th Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009 with last one-year extension during the caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed. He has worked in Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan as a Defence Attaché in the rank of brigadier, and prior to that he served as a UN Peacekeeper in United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda as a colonel in 1995. Moeen Uddin Ahmed is the first army chief of staff who was commissioned in the newly formed Bangladesh Military Academy then at Comilla (now at Chittagong). He is the first regular four-star general after the liberation war, although the first official four-star general was the country's commander-in-chief of the liberation war and liberation forces M. A. G. Osmani, leading the war of independence in 1971, and the second person was Lieutenant-General Mustafizur Rahman who was promoted to full general on the day of his re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
66th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)
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In military terms, 66th Division or 66th Infantry Division may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 66th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) * 66th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 66th Division (Spain) * 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, a unit of the British Army in the First World War * 66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), a unit of the British Army in the Second World War * 66th Infantry Division (United States), a unit of the United States Army ; Cavalry divisions : * 66th Cavalry Division (United States), a unit of the United States Army ; Rifle divisions : * 66th Rifle Division, Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ... [...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] |
2006–2008 Bangladeshi Political Crisis
The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. BNP government increased the age of chief justice retirement in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government. CTG manages the government during the interim 90-day period and parliamentary elections. Political conflict began with the alleged appointment of a Chief Advisor, a role which devolved to the President, Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. The interim period was marked from the beginning by violent protests initiated by the Awami League named '' Logi Boitha Andolan'' (Boat-hook and Oar Movement), with 40 people killed and hundreds injured in the first month. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had its own complaints about the process and the opposition. After extensive negotiations as the CTG tried to bring all the political parties to the table an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Army
The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and defence strategies and defending the nation's territorial integrity against external attack. Control of personnel and operations is administered by the Army Headquarters, Dhaka. The Bangladesh Army is also constitutionally obligated to assist the government and its civilian agencies during times of domestic national emergency. This additional role is commonly referred to as "aid to civil administration". History Early history The martial tradition of Bengal has its roots in the army of Kings and their chiefs who were called Senapati or Mahasenapati. Armies were composed of infantry, cavalry, war elephants and war boats. The arrival of Muslims and the establishment of the Bengal Sultanate further strengthened the military. The sultan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, whereas a major outranks a lieutenant. In the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and in the United States, when appointed to a field command, a major general is typically in command of a Division (military), division consisting of around 6,000 to 25,000 troops (several regiments or brigades). It is a two-star general, two-star rank that is subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the rank of brigadier or brigadier general. In the Commonwealth, major general is equivalent to the navy rank of rear admiral. In air forces with a separate rank structure (Commonwealth), major general is equivalent to air vice-marshal. In some countries including much of Eastern Europe, major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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