Abul Hossain

Lieutenant General Abul Hossain
21st Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh
In office 2 November 2016 – 8 March 2018
President	Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Aziz Ahmed
Succeeded by	Md Shafeenul Islam
Personal details
Born	15 March 1962 (1962-03-15) (age 62) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Bangladesh Military Academy (military training) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology American International University-Bangladesh
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army Border Guard Bangladesh
Years of service	1981–2018
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Military Secretary to President Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology Engineer in Chief of Army Headquarters Sector Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh CO of 33rd Field Company Engineers CO of 17th Engineer Construction Battalion
Battles/wars	UNIKOM

Abul Hossain, ndc, psc, is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army. He served as the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).^[1] Before that, he served as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid and as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters, Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology, Chief Engineer of Dhaka City Corporation, Director of Special Works Organization and Director of Works and Chief Engineer of the Bangladesh Army. He was also ex-officio Chairman of Shimanto Bank which is a sister concern of BGB Welfare Trust.^[2]