Md. Matiur Rahman Sheikh is a Bangladeshi police chief and former head of the Criminal Investigation Department.
Sheikh joined the 12th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service as a police cadre in 1991. He has been SP of 4 different districts namely; Khagrachhori, Rajbari, Bogra and Cox's Bazar where he fulfilled his duty at the best level.
In April 2013, Sheikh was transferred to the Police Staff College, Bangladesh. He was the Commandant of Police Training Centre, Noakhali.He has been a lovely father, dutiful officer and a curious person all throughout his personal life and career where he upheld the most distinguished quality of a human being.. He has been in UN mission twice, once in East Timur and other one in Liberia.He has fathered 2 children, one daughter and another son.
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Sheikh was appointed head of the Criminal Investigation Department in October 2024. He was promoted to Additional Inspector General of Police while serving at the Police Staff College. He had been promoted after the change in government. The former head of the department, Mohammad Ali Mia, was sent into forced retirement.
On 9 March 2025, Sheikh was transferred to the Bangladesh Police headquarters, and Deputy Inspector General Gazi Jasim Uddin was appointed the new head of the Criminal Investigation Department. He was the Additional Inspector General of Police of the administration of the Bangladesh Police that is when he received Grade 1 title. He is a board member of the Community Bank Bangladesh PLC. He was the president of the Bangladesh Police Service Association. In May 2025, he retired.