DGFI gets new director general as Bangladesh Army inducts two new lieutenant generals

Jahangir Alam, GOC of the 33 Infantry Division in Cumilla, has been appointed DGFI chief

Two major generals have been made lieutenant generals in a high-level reshuffle in the Bangladesh Army.

Of them, Muhammad Faizur Rahman, incumbent director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, or DGFI, has been given the charge of quartermaster general, or QMG, at the Army Headquarters.

Muhammad Mainur Rahman, another promoted GOC of the 24 Infantry Division of Chattogram Cantonment, has been made GOC of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, or ARTDOC.

Meanwhile, Major General Mohammad Jahangir Alam has become the new director general of DGFI. He was serving as GOC of the 33 Infantry Division in Cumilla.

Lieutenant General Mujibur Rahman, who was the QMG during the deposed Awami League government, was sent to ARTDOC following the political changeover.

Lt Gen Ahmed Tabrez Shams Chowdhury, GOC of ARTDOC, was made QMG.

Tabrez was sent into retirement on Sept 12 after a month while Mujibur was dismissed. Since then both the posts have been vacant.

New QMG Faizur took charge of DGFI on Aug 12. He had previously served as commandant of the Defence Services Command and Staff College, or DSCSC, at Mirpur.

The officer, who was commissioned in the army through the 23rd BMA Long Course, also served as the GOC of 66 Infantry Division in Rangpur.

ARTDOC’s new GOC Mainur served as GOC of the 33 Infantry Division in Cumilla before Chattogram. Commissioned in the army through the 24th BMA Long Course in 1991, this officer was promoted to major general in 2022.