Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman

Major General Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman has been appointed as executive chairman of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) in place of the outgoing Major General Md Nazrul Islam.

Rahman served as general officer commanding of the 7th Infantry Division before going on to become the defence adviser of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India.

His Military career spanned command, staff and instructional appointments.

He served as a logistics staff officer as well as an operations, planning & intelligence staff officer at the Brigade, Army Training & Doctrine Command and Army Headquarters.

Rahman also served in the prestigious positions of a directing staff at the Defence Services Command and Staff College and instructor at Bangladesh Military Academy.

In his decorated service life, Major General Rahman also served in various capacities at the battalion level. Moreover, he has served at the UN mission in Haiti and Sudan.