Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh

The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh is the professional head of the Border Guard Bangladesh (abbreviated as BGB, previously Bangladesh Rifles). The current DG is Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui.^[1] The first BGB chief was General Chitta Ranjan Dutta.^[2]

Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh
বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের মহাপরিচালক
Monogram of BGB
Flag of BGB
Incumbent Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui since 30 January 2024
Border Guard Bangladesh
Type	BGB service chief
Abbreviation	DG
Member of	National Committee on Security Affairs
Reports to	Chief Adviser Ministry of Home Affairs
Residence	DG Residence, Pilkhana
Seat	Pilkhana, Bangladesh
Appointer	Chief Adviser on the advice of the Minister of Home Affairs
Term length	4 years / Years left before reaching Govt. Service age limit (59 years)
Constituting instrument	Border Guard Bangladesh Act, 2010
Precursor	Director General of Bangladesh Rifles
Inaugural holder	Major General Chitta Ranjan Datta
Formation	31 July 1972; 52 years ago (31 July 1972)
Deputy	Additional Director General (ADG)
Salary	৳112080 (US$940) per month ৳1344960 (US$11,000) annually (incl. allowances)
Website	www.bgb.gov.bd

The Director General functions from the Bangladesh Border Guard Headquarters, which is located in Pilkhana, Bangladesh.

Director generals

Director Generals^[3]

#	Name	Photo	Term Began	Term Ended
1st	Major General Chitta Ranjan Datta		31 July 1972	21 February 1974
2nd	Major General M Khalilur Rahman		22 February 1974	31 October 1975
3rd	Major General Quazi Golam Dastgir		1 November 1975	14 December 1977
4th	Major General Muhammad Atiqur Rahman		15 December 1977	30 June 1982
5th	Major General R A M Golam Muktadir		1 July 1982	16 July 1985
6th	Major General Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury		17 July 1985	30 June 1988
7th	Major General Sadiqur Rahman Chowdhury		1 July 1988	23 September 1990
8th	Major General Mohammad Abdul Latif		24 September 1990	8 June 1992
9th	Major General Mohammad Anwar Hossain		10 June 1992	11 February 1995
10th	Major General Ejaz Ahmed Chowdhury		12 February 1995	18 July 1996
11th	Major General Mohammad Azizur Rahman		25 August 1996	30 December 1999
12th	Major General A. L. M. Fazlur Rahman		29 February 2000	11 July 2001
13th	Major General Mohammad Abu Ishaque Ibrahim		12 July 2001	1 December 2001
14th	Major General Rezaqul Haider		1 December 2001	21 January 2003
15th	Major General Md Jahangir Alam Choudhury		21 January 2003	18 February 2006
16th	Major General Shakil Ahmed		19 February 2006	25 February 2009 †
17th	Major General Md Mainul Islam		28 February 2009	9 May 2010
18th	Major General Md Rafiqul Islam		9 May 2010	30 June 2011
19th	Major General Anwar Hussain		30 June 2011	5 December 2012
20th	Major General Aziz Ahmed		5 December 2012	1 November 2016
21st	Major General Abul Hossain		2 November 2016	8 March 2018
22nd	Major General Md Shafeenul Islam		20 March 2018	28 February 2022
23nd	Major General Shakil Ahmed		02 March 2022	17 January 2023
24th	Major General A K M Nazmul Hasan		18 January 2023	30 January 2024
25th	Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui		30 January 2024	Incumbent

References

1. "Major General Shakil Ahmed appointed as director general of BGB". BDNews24. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
2. "The passing of Bir Uttam Chitta Ranjan Dutta". Dhaka Tribune. 25 August 2020.
3. "Border Guard Bangladesh". www.bgb.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2017-04-09.