Molla Fazle Akbar was a three-star rank

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officer. A

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and the former

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. After retirement he served as the Chief advisor of

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, Bangladesh operating in domestic and international routes and the

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of the board of directors of a financial institute, Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Limited (BIFC) as well as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of a commercial Bank, Union Bank Limited.

Education

Akbar earned

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degree in

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from Baluchistan University, Pakistan and obtained

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degree from

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, Bangladesh. He completed Masters in Social Studies (MSS) in

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from

and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from North South University, Dhaka. He earned his Masters of Philosophy (M.Phil.) from

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. At present he is pursuing

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as research fellow of Bangladesh University of Professional (BUP), Dhaka. He attended a number of military courses both at home and abroad. He completed his Anti Aircraft Firing Drone Course from China and Security Intelligence Administration Course from United Kingdom. He is a graduate of Army Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan. He is also a graduate of National Defence College, Bangladesh.

Career

Military

He was commissioned in the Corps of Artillery, Bangladesh Army on 30 November 1976. As staff he worked as the Brigade Major of two infantry brigades, Staff Officer in Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), Grade One Staff Officer (Training & Operations) in an Infantry Division, Assistant Defence Adviser at Bangladesh High Commission in India and Colonel Staff in an infantry division. He also performed as Director of Military Operations and Director of Artillery in General Staff Branch, Army Headquarters. Akbar commanded an air defence artillery regiment. He also commanded an air defence artillery brigade (ADA) of the Bangladesh Army and a field artillery brigade. He also commanded a sector of the then Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) presently known as Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). He was made the

in 2009. In 2010 he was promoted to

. Making him one of the four officers of that rank in Bangladesh army at that time. He improved cooperation with India and the US during his tenure as Director General. He also focused agency resources on counter-terrorism operations. In his last assignment he served as the Commandant of National Defence College (NDC). General Akbar was the 'Colonel Commandant of the Regiment of Artillery' of Bangladesh Army from March 2010 to February 2015. He went to retirement on 16 February 2016.

UN Mission

He was also the first sector commander of Bangladesh sector in Liberia, UNMIL (United Nations Mission in Liberia) where he inducted and commanded a brigade group force.

References

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