Bangladesh's Maritime Challenges in the 21st Century
Bangladesh's Maritime Challenges in the 21st Century focuses on the importance of the study about the Bay of Bengal covering various critical issues having implications for the country's maritime future.
Contents : The Bay of Bengal, Maritime Heritage and Trade; Prospects of Inland Waterways, Ports and Shipping; Marine Science, Sea Resources and Hydrocarbon/Natural Gas; Law of the Sea, Ratification and Maritime Zones Act of Bangladesh, Maritime Boundary, South Talpatty and Legal Uncertainty; Challenges of the Century — Pollution, Piracy, Drug & Arms Trafficking, Armed Conflict, Information Technology, Global Climate Change, Cyclones and Floods; Bangladesh Navy, Integration and Management, Sea Power, Command of the Sea and Problems of Third World Navies; Maritime and Naval Strategy, Regional Maritime Cooperation and National Maritime Policy; Index.
Commodore Mohd Khurshed Alam
Being a Bengalee, Commodore Mohd Khurshed Alam during Naval training was interned in the Lyallpur Central Jail and Kohat Fort for about two years by the Pakistani authority. Commanded almost all types of gunboats/ships, bases, frigates and hold all the appointments of the Area Commanders of the BN and served in all the major appointments of the NGQ. He was the Defence Adviser in the Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur from 1991 to 1994. He is a graduate of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. Conducted and participated in the national and international level naval exercises in UK, Malaysia, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Sri Lanka as well as in the Bay of Bengal. Attended the National Defence College Course, India in 2000 and served as the Chairman of Mongla Port Authority from 2002 to 2004. He is also a lecturer of the Defence Services Command and Staff College and National Defence College, Dhaka on the Law of the Sea.
He has written on various issues in the national and foreign journals.
