Md Fakhrul Ahsan, BSP, ndu, psc is a

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 ...

in the Bangladesh Army and Force Commander for

MINURSO The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ( ar, بعثة الأمم المتحدة لتنظيم استفتاء في الصحراء الغربية; french: Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au ...

, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara. Prior to join there he was GOC of the 10th Infantry Division and & Area Commander, Cox's Bazar Area.

Career

Major General Fakhrul Ahsan was selected at the ISSB for the 19th (BMA) Long Course and was commissioned in 1988. During his posting as Director of Army military intelligence he played a significant role in '

Operation Twilight Operation Twilight was a British record label, the UK branch of Belgian label Les Disques du Crépuscule. It was run by Patrick Moore, who now writes as Philip Hoare. Moore was working for Rough Trade Records at the time, and described the ge ...

' in Shibbari area of Sylhet, the longest and most complex counter-terror (CT) operation in the history of Bangladesh. In his long career, he also served as Assistant Defence Attaché at Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India and in two peacekeeping missions, in Somalia ( UNOSOM-II) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUC). He also served as Commandant of

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the officers training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres ...

(BMA) in Bhatiary, Chattogram before takes over command of 10th Infantry division.

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