Monirul Islam (born 15 June 1970) is former additional inspector general of the Bangladesh Police who served as head of the Special Branch.

[1] The position of chief (joint commissioner, carrying the rank of additional deputy inspector general) of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the official spokesperson of this unit earned him much publicity, albeit, he came into wide attention as the point-man of the nation's counter terrorism offensive following Holey Artisan Bakery mayhem on July 1, 2016 (the grisly killing by violent extremists of twenty-two lives: nineteen foreigners, three natives and two higher rank police personnel) as the chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC)[2] that he pioneered, and is at the helm till date.

It subsequently, spotted and cracked a number of terror-dens as well as curbed down the soaring extremist graph by neutralizing a good many violent-operators.

[5] From then on, he held diverse offices ranging from field level law enforcer in district/metropolitan police to counter-terrorism boss, with positions like law enforcement instructor, intelligence officer and supervisor of investigations in Bangladesh Police Academy, Special Branch and Detective Branch in between.

[6][7][8] During the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule, Islam was denied promotions and career advancements due to him being from Gopalganj District.