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# Major General [[Md Mahbub-ul Alam (Officer)|Muhammad Mahbub-ul Alam]] – [[Chancellor (education)|Vice Chancellor]], [[Bangladesh University of Professionals]] (”’VC BUP”’) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Infantry.

# Major General [[Md Mahbub-ul Alam (Officer)|Muhammad Mahbub-ul Alam]] – [[Chancellor (education)|Vice Chancellor]], [[Bangladesh University of Professionals]] (”’VC BUP”’) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Infantry.

# Major General [[A. S. M. Ridwanur Rahman]] – Director General, [[Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies]] (”’DG BIISS”’) – [[Ramna Thana|Ramna]], Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Artillery. <ref>{{Cite web |title=New DG of BIISS |url=https://api.gems.gov.bd/fileservice/files/public/portalGoPreview?filePath=/governmentorder/77848f4b-3874-4cd5-b0a3-660660c046b3/2025/november/daebd826-0987-45e6-add1-aed54ba8406f.pdf}}</ref>

# Major General [[A. S. M. Ridwanur Rahman]] – Director General, [[Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies]] (”’DG BIISS”’) – [[Ramna Thana|Ramna]], Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Artillery. <ref>{{Cite web |title=New DG of BIISS |url=https://api.gems.gov.bd/fileservice/files/public/portalGoPreview?filePath=/governmentorder/77848f4b-3874-4cd5-b0a3-660660c046b3/2025/november/daebd826-0987-45e6-add1-aed54ba8406f.pdf}}</ref>

# Major General [[Iftekhar Anis]] – 23rd BMA Long Course, Engineers.

# Major General [[Iftekhar Anis]] 23rd BMA Long Course, Engineers.

# Major General [[S M Zia-Ul-Azim|S. M. Zia-Ul-Azim]] – Chairman, [[Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board]] (”’Chairman REB”’) (also Colonel Commandant – Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers) – [[Khilkhet Thana|Kilkhet]], Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Electrical Mechanical Engineers.

# Major General [[S M Zia-Ul-Azim|S. M. Zia-Ul-Azim]] – Chairman, [[Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board]] (”’Chairman REB”’) (also Colonel Commandant – Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers) – [[Khilkhet Thana|Kilkhet]], Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Electrical Mechanical Engineers.

# Major General [[Mir Mushfiqur Rahman]] – General Officer Commanding (”’GOC”’), [[24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|24th Infantry Division]] & Area Commander, Chattogram Area – Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.

# Major General [[Mir Mushfiqur Rahman]] – General Officer Commanding (”’GOC”’), [[24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|24th Infantry Division]] & Area Commander, Chattogram Area – Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.

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# Major General Masudul Alam Mazumder – Commandant, [[Armed Forces Medical College (Bangladesh)|Armed Forces Medical College]] (”’Comdt AFMC”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Medical Corps.”’

# Major General Masudul Alam Mazumder – Commandant, [[Armed Forces Medical College (Bangladesh)|Armed Forces Medical College]] (”’Comdt AFMC”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Medical Corps.”’

# Major General Dr. [[Nishat Jubaida]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-16 |title=PM adorns Nishat with major general rank badge |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/en/national/2023/02/16/5137 |access-date=2023-02-18 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref> – Commandant, [[Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bangladesh|Armed Forces Institute of Pathology]] (”’Comdt AFIP”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Medical Corps.”’

# Major General Dr. [[Nishat Jubaida]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-16 |title=PM adorns Nishat with major general rank badge |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/en/national/2023/02/16/5137 |access-date=2023-02-18 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}</ref> – Commandant, [[Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Bangladesh|Armed Forces Institute of Pathology]] (”’Comdt AFIP”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Medical Corps.”’

# ”’Vacant”’ – General Officer Commanding (”’GOC”’), [[17th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|17th Infantry Division]] and Area Commander, Sylhet Area – [[Jalalabad Cantonment]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]]

# ”’Vacant”’ – General Officer Commanding (”’GOC”’), [[17th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|17th Infantry Division]] and Area Commander, Sylhet Area – [[Jalalabad Cantonment]], [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]]

# ”’Vacant”’ – Consultant Dental Surgeon General, [[Directorate General of Medical Services]] (”’CDSG DGMS”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Dental Corps.”’

# ”’Vacant”’ – Consultant Dental Surgeon General, [[Directorate General of Medical Services]] (”’CDSG DGMS”’) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – ”’Army Dental Corps.”’

List of Bangladesh Army generals

This is a list of the serving Generals (Major generals, Lieutenant generals and Generals) of the Bangladesh Army.

Currently, the army has 1 General, 5 Lieutenant Generals and 60 serving Major Generals.

1. General Waker-Uz-Zaman – Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Army Headquarters (also Colonel of the Regiment – East Bengal Regiment, Bangladesh Infantry Regiment and Colonel Commandant – Army Service Corps, Corps of Engineers) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 13th BMA Long Course, Infantry.^[1][2]

1. Lieutenant General Mizanur Rahman Shamim – Chief of General Staff (CGS), Army Headquarters – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 17th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
2. Lieutenant General Mohammad Shaheenul Haque – Commandant, National Defence College (Comdt NDC) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 20th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
3. Lieutenant General S M Kamrul Hassan – Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division (PSO, AFD) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 21st BMA Long Course, Infantry
4. Lieutenant General Mohammad Faizur Rahman – Quarter Master General (QMG), Army Headquarters – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Infantry.
5. Lieutenant General Muhammad Mainur Rahman – General Officer Commanding, Army Training & Doctrine Command (GOC, ARTDOC) – Momenshahi Cantonment, Mymensingh – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.

1. Major General Fakhrul Ahsan – Force Commander, MINURSO (Force Commander MINURSO) – Laayoune, Western Sahara – 19th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
2. Major General Mohammad Jubayer Salehin – Ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Lebanon) – Beirut, Lebanon – 19th BMA Long Course, Engineers.
3. Major General Abul Hasnat Mohammad Khairul Bashar – Ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Libya) – Tripoli, Libya – 20th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
4. Major General Sayed Tareq Hussain – Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Kuwait) – Kuwait City, Kuwait – 21st BMA Long Course, Infantry.
5. Major General Mohammad Adil Chowdhury – Military Secretary to the President (MSP) – Bangabhaban, Dhaka – 22nd BMA Long Course, Infantry.
6. Major General Chowdhury Mohammad Azizul Haque Hazary – Commandant, Defence Services Command and Staff College, (Comdt DSCSC) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 22nd BMA Long Course, Infantry.
7. Major General Muhammad Nurul Anwar – Director General, Department of Immigration & Passports (DG DIP) (also Colonel of the Regiment – Regiment of Artillery) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 22nd BMA Long Course, Artillery.
8. Major General Muhammad Mostagousur Rahman Khan – Area Commander, Logistics Area (Commander Log Area) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Infantry.
9. Major General Muhammad Mahbub-ul Alam – Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Professionals (VC BUP) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Infantry.
10. Major General A. S. M. Ridwanur Rahman – Director General, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (DG BIISS) – Ramna, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Artillery. ^[3]
11. Major General Iftekhar Anis – 23rd BMA Long Course, Engineers.
12. Major General S. M. Zia-Ul-Azim – Chairman, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (Chairman REB) (also Colonel Commandant – Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers) – Kilkhet, Dhaka – 23rd BMA Long Course, Electrical Mechanical Engineers.
13. Major General Mir Mushfiqur Rahman – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 24th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Chattogram Area – Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
14. Major General Muhammad Mahbubur Rashid – Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-1) – Segunbagicha, Dhaka – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
15. Major General Abul Kashem Mohammad Rezaul Mazid – 24th BMA Long Course, Engineers.
16. Major General Muhammad Maksudul Haque – Ambassador of Bangladesh to Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Iraq) (also Colonel Commandant – Ordnance Corps) – Baghdad, Iraq – 24th BMA Long Course, Ordnance.^[4]
17. Major General Naheed Asgar – Managing Director, Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Limited (MD BMTF) – Gazipur, Dhaka – 24th BMA Long Course, Army Service Corps.
18. Major General Kabir Ahmed – 24th BMA Long Course, Infantry.^[5]
19. Major General Mohammad Asadullah Minhazul Alam – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 10th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Coxs Bazar Area – Ramu Cantonment, Chittagong – 25th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
20. Major General Mahbubus Samad Chowdhury – Director General, Special Security Force (DG SSF), Chief Adviser’s Office – Tejgaon, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
21. Major General Muhammad Masudur Rahman – Senior Directing Staff (Army-1), National Defence College (SDS Army-1, NDC) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
22. Major General Abu Bakar Siddique Khan – Master General of Ordnance (MGO), Army Headquarters (also Colonel Commandant – Air Defence Corps) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Artillery.
23. Major General Mohammad Habib Ullah – Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-2) (also Colonel Commandant – Armoured Corps) – Segunbagicha, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Armoured.^[6]
24. Major General Muhammad Nasim Parvez – Commandant, Military Institute of Science and Technology (Comdt MIST) (also Colonel Commandant – Corps of Signals) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Signals.
25. Major General Syed Sabbir Ahmed – Commandant, Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (Comdt BOF) – Gazipur, Dhaka – 25th BMA Long Course, Ordnance.
26. Major General Sheikh Mohammad Sarwar Hossain – 25th BMA Long Course, Infantry ^[7]
27. Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud – Director General, Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (DG Ansar & VDP) – Khilgaon, Dhaka – 26th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
28. Major General Khandaker Muhammad Shahidul Emran – Commandant, Bangladesh Military Academy (Comdt BMA) – Bhatiari, Chittagong – 26th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
29. Major General Mohammed Hossain Al Morshed – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 19th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Ghatail Area – Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment, Dhaka – 26th BMA Long Course, Infantry
30. Major General J. M. Emdadul Islam – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 55th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Jashore Area – Jessore Cantonment, Khulna – 26th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
31. Major General Mohammad Jahangir Alam – Director General, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DG DGFI) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 26th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
32. Major General Hasan Uz Zaman – Engineer in Chief (E-in-C), Army Headquarters – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 26th BMA Long Course, Engineers.
33. Major General Mohammad Saadat Hossain – Director General, Directorate General of Defence Purchase (DG DGDP), Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 26th BMA Long Course, Signals.
34. Major General Ferdous Hasan Salim – Commandant, East Bengal Regimental Centre (Comdt EBRC) – Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong – 27th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
35. Major General Sazedur Rahman – Military Secretary (MS), Army Headquarters – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
36. Major General Abul Hasnat Mohammad Tariq – Military Secretary to Chief Advisor (MSCA), Chief Adviser’s Office – Tejgaon, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
37. Major General Abu Mohammad Sarwar Farid – Director General, National Security Intelligence (DG NSI) – Segunbagicha, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Armoured.
38. Major General Hussain Muhammad Masihur Rahman – Commandant, Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (Comdt BIPSOT) – Rajendrapur Cantonment, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
39. Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui – Director General, Border Guard Bangladesh (DG BGB) – Pilkhana, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Artillery
40. Major General Mohammad Moazzem Hossain – Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Chairman BEPZA) – Hatirpool, Dhaka – 27th Long Course, Artillery. ^[8]
41. Major General Muhammad Hakimuzzaman – Adjutant General (AG), Army Headquarters – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – 27th BMA Long Course, Engineers.
42. Major General Mohammad Kamrul Hasan – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 66th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Rangpur Area – Rangpur Cantonment, Rangpur – 28th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
43. Major General Mohammed Aftab Hossain – Commandant, Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre (Comdt BIRC) – Rajshahi Cantonment, Rajshahi – 28th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
44. Major General Amanullah Saleh Muhammad Bahauddin – Senior Directing Staff (Army-2), National Defence College (SDS Army-2, NDC) – Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka – 28th BMA Long Course, Artillery.
45. Major General Towhidul Ahmed – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 11th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Bogura Area – Bogura Cantonment, Bogura – 29th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
46. Major General S. M. Asadul Haque – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 9th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Savar Area – Savar Cantonment, Dhaka – 29th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
47. Major General A. K. M. Arif – Group Commander, Army Aviation Group (Group Commander) – Tejgaon Airport, Dhaka – 29th BMA Long Course, Artillery.
48. Major General Muhammad Sajjad Hossain – Chairman, Sena Kalyan Sangstha (Chairman, SKS) – Mohakhali, Dhaka – 29th BMA Long Course, Army Service Corps.
49. Major General Muhammad Nazim Ud Daula – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 33rd Infantry Division & Area Commander, Cumilla Area – Cumilla Cantonment, Chittagong – 30th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
50. Major General Muhammad Mesbah Uddin Ahmed – Chairman, Bangladesh Tea Board (Chairman Tea Board) – Nasirabad, Chittagong – ^[9] 30th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
51. Major General Mahmudul Kabir – Commandant, School of Infantry and Tactics (Comdt SI&T) – Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet – 30th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
52. Major General Khair Uddin – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Barisal Area – Lebukhali Cantonment, Barisal – 30th BMA Long Course, Infantry.
53. Major General Mohammad Saiful Islam Bhuiyan – Chief Consultant General (CCG), Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project – Louhaganj, Dhaka – 30th BMA Long Course, Engineers.^[10]
54. Major General Mohammad Osman Sarwar – Director General, National Telecommunications Monitoring Centre (DG NTMC) – Tejgaon, Dhaka – 31st BMA Long Course, Engineers.^[11]
55. Major General Quazi Rashid-Un-Nabi^[12] – Director General, Directorate General of Medical Service (DG DGMS) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps.
56. Major General Anisur Rahman Howlader – Consultant Surgeon General, Directorate General of Medical Services (CSG DGMS) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps.
57. Major General S. M. Mizanur Rahman – Consultant Physician General, Directorate General of Medical Services (CPG DGMS) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps.
58. Major General Dr. Muhammad Shameem Haidar – Director General, Directorate General Drug Administration (DG DGDA) – Mohakhali, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps. ^[13]
59. Major General Masudul Alam Mazumder – Commandant, Armed Forces Medical College (Comdt AFMC) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps.
60. Major General Dr. Nishat Jubaida^[14] – Commandant, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Comdt AFIP) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Medical Corps.
61. Vacant – General Officer Commanding (GOC), 17th Infantry Division and Area Commander, Sylhet Area – Jalalabad Cantonment, Sylhet –
62. Vacant – Consultant Dental Surgeon General, Directorate General of Medical Services (CDSG DGMS) – Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka – Army Dental Corps.

Generals holding appointments of the army headquarters and ministries within the government have been written in bold format (e.g. Master General of Ordnance – MGO); Other appointments apart from general officer commanding are indicated with the corresponding appointments, such as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals is designated as (VC BUP). Army Medical Corps officers are indicated in bold format along with their appointments.