Mahmud ur Rahman Choudhury (25th January 1955) was born in Sylhet. Commissioned as an officer in the Corps of Artillery on 29 November 1976, he served for 25 years in the Army, retiring on 30 December 2000. For a time from July 2007 to May 2009, he worked as an Editor of the English language daily, The Bangladesh Today. Mahmud ur Rahman Choudhury is a regular contributor to the Bangladesh Defence Journal, writing on the history and politics of Bangladesh besides articles of purely professional military interest. Since the last few years, Mahmud ur Rahman Choudhury has also contributed a great profusion of articles and columns to various English language newspapers including the Bangladesh Today and the Bangladesh Financial Express on a variety of topics and subjects