New BGB DG takes office

Staff Reporter :
Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman has been appointed as the new director general (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) replacing outgoing Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan.

A gazette notification, signed by Public Administration Ministry Deputy Secretary Abdullah Arif Mohammad confirmed it on Tuesday.

Prior to his new assignment, Siddiqui served as director of Military Training and chairman of Army Sports Control Board, said a release here.

The government appointed Siddiqui as the BGB chief on January 30.

He got commission in the Artillery Crops of Bangladesh Army in 1992 and completed different professional training courses at home and abroad.