M. Sohail

Mohammad Sohail is a former two star officer of Bangladesh Navy who was relieved of his duties as the chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority. He was the antecedent chairman of Payra Port Authority and commandant of Naval Training and Doctrine Command.

Early life and education

Sohail enlisted to Bangladesh Naval Academy on 1986 and was commissioned in executive branch on 1 January 1988. Sohail was a torpedo anti-submarine coordinating officer and a graduate of the Defence Services [Command and Staff College (Bangladesh)|Defence Services Command and Staff College].

Sohail was a faculty member of Defence Services Command and [Staff College (Bangladesh)|Defence Services Command and Staff College]. Then served as Colonel GS in the Counter Terrorism and Intelligence Bureau and the Internal Affairs Bureau at Directorate General of Forces Intelligence. Soon after Sohail was also appointed in Ministry of [Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|ministry of home affairs] at Rapid Action Battalion as the legal and media wing director. He is the only naval officer to be outside of Bangladesh Navy for a considerable duration.
As commodore, Sohail commanded one naval base the BNS Haji Mohshin. At naval headquarters, Sohail was the director of naval intelligence and submarines. He furthermore lead the naval training and doctrine command until January 2022. He got promoted to rear Admiral on 22 February 2022 and deputed at Ministry of Shipping. On 2 May 2023, he was appointed chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority where he replaced rear admiral M Shahjahan. He was serving as the chairman of Payra Port Authority and was replaced by rear admiral Golam Sadeq.
On 19 August 2024, Sohail was dismissed from navy by the Yunus administration.Two days later, he was arrested on corruption allegation.