Lieutenant General Abul Hossain
21st Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh
In office 2 November 2016 – 8 March 2018
President	Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Aziz Ahmed
Succeeded by	Shafeenul Islam
Personal details
Born	15 March 1962 (1962-03-15) (age 62) Dacca, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	Bangladesh Military Academy (military training) Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology American International University-Bangladesh
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army Border Guard Bangladesh
Years of service	1981–2018
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Corps of Engineers
Commands	Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Military Secretary to President Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology Engineer in Chief of Army Headquarters Sector Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh CO of 33rd Field Company Engineers CO of 17th Engineer Construction Battalion
Battles/wars	UNIKOM

Abul Hossain, ndc, psc, is a retired lieutenant general of Bangladesh Army. He served as the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).^[1] Before that, he served as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid and as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters, Commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology, Chief Engineer of Dhaka City Corporation, Director of Special Works Organization and Director of Works and Chief Engineer of the Bangladesh Army. He was also ex-officio Chairman of Shimanto Bank which is a sister concern of Border Guard Bangladesh welfare trust.^[2]

Hossain joined the Bangladesh Military Academy on 1 February 1980 and was commissioned on 27 December 1981 in the Corps of Engineers of the Bangladesh Army. BSc in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from American International University-Bangladesh and Masters in Defence Studies (MDS) from Bangladesh National University. He is qualified in M Phil Part-I from Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). He has undergone many military courses both at home and abroad; notable ones are Junior Officer Combat Engineering course in China, Battalion Commander Command Course in Turkey, International Border Security & Management Briefing Programmed Course in UK and Advance Security Cooperation 08-1 Execution Course in Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS). He is a graduate of the Defence Service Command and Staff College and the National Defence College at Mirpur Cantonment. He has number of publications in his credit, notable one is "Carbon Mitigation: Clean Coal Through carbon capture & storage under clean development mechanism for energy and climate security in Bangladesh".^[3]

Hossain served in different engineer battalions. He served as officer commanding of 33 Field Company Engineers and project officer of road construction project at Chimbuk-Thanchi road in Chittagong Hill Tracts. He was brigade major of an independent engineer brigade and grade 2 staff officer of Engineer in Chief Branch at Army headquarters. He was also sector commander of Border Guard Bangladesh. He was chief instructor in Engineer Centre & School of Military Engineering. He was the director of Special Works Organization and director works and chief engineer of Army headquarters. He also served as commanding officer of the Engineer Centre and School of Military Engineering Training Battalion and commanding officer of 17 Engineer Construction Battalion. He has done his UN mission as commanding officer of EOD Battalion in Kuwait (OKP-11) at the year of 2000–02. He was chief engineer of Dhaka City Corporation and commandant of Bangladesh Ordnance Factory. He was also the commandant of Military Institute of Science and Technology. He also served as engineer-in-chief at Army headquarters.

He joined the Bangabhaban as military secretary to President Md Abdul Hamid in January 2014.^[4] He was appointed as director general of the Border Guard Bangladesh on 2 November 2016.^[5] On 8 March 2018, he was brought back to the army and on 14 March he went to retirement.^[1] He was elevated to brevet lieutenant general during his leave per retirement (LPR).

He served in the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission. From 2000 to 2002 he commanded 17 Engineer Construction Battalion and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion in Kuwait (OKP-11).^[3]