Muhammad Rafiqul Islam

For other people with similar names, see Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation).

Major General Muhammad Rafiqul Islam
18th Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh
In office 9 May 2010 – 30 June 2011
President	Zillur Rahman
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Mainul Islam
Succeeded by	Anwar Hussain
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Military Training Bangladesh Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army Border Guards Bangladesh
Years of service	1976–2011
Rank	Major General
Unit	Corps of Signals
Commands	Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh Commandant of Signal Training School and College
Battles/wars	ONUMOZ

Muhammad Rafiqul Islam is a retired Bangladesh Army major general and former Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh.

Career

Rafiqul joined the Signals Corps of the Bangladesh Army on 30 November 1976. He served in the Military Operation Directorate as its GSO. He was the assistant private secretary to the Chief of Army Staff. From 1993 to 1994 he served as the deputy regional commander of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique. He was the commandant of the Signal Training School and College and served as the commanding officer of two signal battalions.

Rafiqul Islam served as the Director of Signals in the Bangladesh Army Headquarters. He served in the Prime Minister's Office and the Armed Forces Division as the director of operations. He was appointed Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh on 11 May 2011. He presided over the special court no-3 of Border Guards Bangladesh that tried mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny of 2009. He also presided over special court no-7 of the BDR trial. He left the Bangladesh Border Guards on 1 July 2011 and was replaced by Major General Anwar Hussain. On 14 July 2011, he went on leave prior to his retirement.