Mohammad Akbar Hossain

Mohammad Akbar Hossain
Born 1965 (age 59)
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service 1985 - 2023
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit Regiment of Artillery
Commands held
Awards Senabahini Padak (SBP)
Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP)
Sena Utkorsho Padak(SUP)
Police career
Unit Rapid Action Battalion
Allegiance Bangladesh
Branch Bangladesh Police
Service years 2004–2007
Rank Deputy Director

Mohammad Akbar Hossain is a retired lieutenant general in the Bangladesh Army and former commandant of National Defence College.

Career

Hossain is the former general officer commanding of 9th Infantry Division and commander of Savar area. He previously served as Director General of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He also served as Director of Counter Intelligence Bureau of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. He previously Commanded a Artillery Brigade and a Air Defence Artillery Brigade. He was an artillery officer who was commissioned in the 13th BMA long course on 20 December 1985 from Bangladesh Military Academy. Under him a new monogram of DGFI was designed.

On October 2005, Akbar was posted to 2nd Rapid Action Battalion as commanding officer. On February 2007 the battalion surveillance team had spotted a Hummer in Panthapath and asked the owners to come to their camp where they were detained. Assistant director Monayem Hossain of the Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against Harunur Rashid for tax fraud in March 2007 with Tejgaon police station and then pressed charge in July. Harunur Rashid had imported a Hummer H2 on 25 April 2005 without paying tax as per his privilege as a member of parliament but later sold the to Ishtiak Sadek, violating the rules of the duty free facility, who sold it to Enayetur Rahman Bappi. The car, imported under duty free privilege, cannot be sold under less than years of being purchased.

Hossain is the 1st Colonel Commandant of Remount Veterinary and Farm Corps. He adorned Colonel Commandant rank badge of this appointment ceremony held at RV&FC depot at Savar Cantonment in December 2020.