Major General Md Akbar Hossain, commandant of Defence Services Command and Staff College, has been promoted to lieutenant general and made commandant of NDC. Gen Sarwar Hasan took charge as the NDC commandant on Dec 1 last year, around one and a half months before he has been given the important job of CGS. Commissioned in the Corps of Infantry on in December 1984, Gen Hasan had served as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals, general officer commanding of the 55 Infantry Division in Jashore, and commander of Logistics Area, Dhaka Cantonment. Prior to joining DSCSC, Gen Akbar had worked as the GOC of the 9th Infantry Division in Savar and director general of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. His promotion will be effective from the day of him joining his new workplace, a government order said.

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2021 19:18 UTC