Muhammad Nurul Islam
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Muhammad Nurul Islam | |
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Islam at the 12th Anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia celebration in Chittagong | |
| Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Chittagong | |
| Assumed office Honorary Consul: 1990–2000 Honorary Consul-General: 2000– | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1943 (age 82–83) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Muhammad Nurul Islam (born c. 1943) is a Bangladeshi diplomat from Chittagong.[1] He currently serves as the Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2][3] He is one of the Consuls-General among 102 foreign representatives in Bangladesh, and one of 15 foreign representatives in Chittagong.[4]
On November 3, 2012, the Government of Japan honored him as 2012 Fall Imperial Decorations on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Japan, where he received "the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon".[5][6][7][8] Nurul Islam is the fifth Bangladeshi who received the honor.[7]
Islam was born in 1943 in Chittagong in the then British India (now in Bangladesh) and passed his childhood in the city.
In 1963, he was graduated from the Chittagong College under the University of Dhaka. In 1968, he completes a degree in the Japanese language at the University of Tokyo under the Japan Foundation’s scholarship scheme.
