Mohammed Nurul Absar
Mohammed Nurul Absar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Moheshkhali, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Branch | Bangladesh Navy |
| Years of service | 1980 - 2017 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Commands | |
| Battles / wars | UNAMIR UNMIL |
| Alma mater | Royal Naval Engineering College National University, Bangladesh Trinity University University of Dhaka |
Mohammed Nurul Absar is a retired commodore of the Bangladesh Navy and former Chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority.[1][2][3] From 2009 to 2013, Absar served as the Naval Secretary of Bangladesh.[4] He founded the think tank Central Foundation for International and Strategic Studies.[5][6]
Early life and education
Absar was born in Moheshkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar District.[7] He studied electronics engineering at the Marshal Tito Yugoslav Center for Higher Naval Studies.[8] In 1988, he completed postgraduate studies in Electronics and Weapon Application at the Royal Naval Engineering College in the United Kingdom.[8]
Absar later earned a Master's in Defence Studies from National University, Bangladesh in 1997.[8] He completed an MBA from Trinity University in 2000.[8] He completed a postgraduate degree in Disaster Management from the University of Dhaka in 2014.[8] He is currently a PhD Fellow at the Bangladesh University of Professionals.[8]
Military career
Absar served in the Bangladesh Navy for 38 years in various command and staff roles.[8] From 1999 to 2005, he served as a faculty member of the Defence Services Command and Staff College.[4] Absar has served in UN peacekeeping operations in Liberia and Rwanda, holding positions such as Deputy Chief Operation Officer.[8] Absar led the Bangladesh delegation to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2015.[8] From 2009 to 2013, he was the Naval Secretary, contributing to policy formulation and the Navy's organisational development.[8] He was then appointed to the National Security of Intelligence.[4]
He retired from naval service on December 29, 2017, but continued his involvement in national service through a contract appointment at the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[8] From 2016 onward, he was associated with the National Defence College (NDC), where he served as a faculty member overseeing MPhil thesis projects for senior military and civil officials.[8]
Absar was a senior research fellow at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.[8] He is also recognized as an expert in cyber and nuclear security and served on the National Committee on Cyber Security and Physical Security for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.[8] He was a Director of National Security Intelligence.[7] In 2020, he established the Central Foundation for International and Strategic Studies.[4]
In 2022, Absar was appointed Chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority, which operates under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.[8][9] He replaced Lieutenant Colonel Forkan Ahmad, the first chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority.[7] He worked on creating a 20 year master plan for Cox's Bazar.[10] The government had allocated Bangladeshi Taka 20 billion for the city's development.[11] He said plans were made for cable cars and seaplanes were being considered for tourists.[12]
References
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- ^ "Master plan to transform Cox's Bazar into smart city to be initiated next month". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Resilient Infrastructure: For the Blue Economy". The Daily Star. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d CFISS. "Details". CFISS. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Bangladesh's Rohingya problem". The Indian Express. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ CFISS. "Our Team". CFISS. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ a b c "Nurul Absar new CoxDA chairman". Daily Sun. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ex-commodore Absar made Cox's Bazar Development Authority chairman". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Sheikh Russel's birthday celebrated in dists". Daily Sun. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "20-year master plan to turn Cox's Bazar into a smart city likely to start next month". The Daily Star. 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "'Cox's Bazar to turn an iconic city for tourism'". Daily Sun. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
- ^ "Govt mulls seaplane service to facilitate year-round trips to St Martin's". The Business Standard. 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2025-04-12.