| Honorific Prefix: | Major general |
| Honorific Suffix: | SPP, BSP, NSWC, AFWC, PSC |
| Shakil Ahmed | |
| Native Name: | শাকিল আহমেদ |
| Birth Place: | Joypurhat, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Office: | 23rd Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh |
| President: | Abdul Hamid |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor: | Md Shafeenul Islam |
| Successor: | A K M Nazmul Hasan |
| Term Start: | 02 March 2022 |
| Term End: | 17 January 2023 |
| Alma Mater: | Bangladesh Military Academy |
| Serviceyears: | 1988–present |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Unit: | Bangladesh Infantry Regiment |
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| Awards: | Sena Parodorshita Padak (SPP) Bishishto Seba Padak (BSP) |
Major General Shakil Ahmed SPP, BSP, BGBM, nswc, afwc, psc is a two-star general of the Bangladesh Army. Currently he is serving as General Officer Commanding of 66th Infantry Division & Area Commander, Rangpur Area. He served as the Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).[1] Prior to this appointment, he served as Adjutant General of Army Headquarters. Before that he was the general officers commanding of 19th Infantry Division and area commander Ghatail area.[2] [3]
Shakil Ahmed was born on 19 December 1968 in Joypurhat District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[4] He completed his postgraduate education in National Security and War Studies, and Strategic Studies and Defense Studies.[5] [6]
Shakil Ahmed was commissioned in the Infantry Corps of Bangladesh Army on 19 December 1988.
Shakil Ahmed commanded the 99th Composite Brigade and 12th East Bengal Regiment.[7] He was the Chief Instructor and later commandant at the School of Infantry and Tactics.
During Shakil Ahmed's tenure at Army Headquarter as AG he signed a significant deal on 'Bangladesh Military Contingent Agreement 2021' with Kuwait Army Assistant Chief of Staff Major General Khaled AHHM Al Qadri.[8] This deal will ensure Bangladesh Military Contingent would assist in Kuwait as part of Operation Rebuilding Kuwait (ORK), which in Bengali is known as Operation Kuwait Punargathan (OKP).
Shakil Ahmed was appointed as the director general of the Department of Immigration and Passports Office in September 2019.[9] He replaced Major General Muhammad Shohail Hossain Khan who was made chairman of Bangladesh Tea Board.[10]
On 18 February 2022, Ahmed was appointed as Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh replacing Major General Shafeenul Islam,[11] who was to retire from the army later that month.[12] Ahmed is the vice-president of Bangladesh Golf Federation and Kurmitola Golf Club.