Maj Gen Faizur new DGFI boss

Major General Md Faizur Rahman has been appointed as the new Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), succeeding Major General Hamidul Haque. 

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued a press release on Monday confirming the appointment.

In addition to this, Major General Md Nasim Pervez has been appointed as the Commandant of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), and Major General Abdul Motaleb Sajjad Mahmud has been appointed as the Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party.

These appointments follow a recent reshuffling of top military ranks on August 6. On that day, Major General Ziaul Ahsan was relieved from service, and Lieutenant General Md Saiful Alam was transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs.

Other key appointments include Lieutenant General Md Mojibur Rahman as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army Training and Doctrine Command, Lieutenant General Ahmad Tabrez Shams Chowdhury as Quartermaster General of the Army, Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim as Chief of General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Mohammad Shahinul Haque as Commandant of the National Defence College (NDC), and Major General ASM Ridwanur Rahman as Director General of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC).