Tanvir was the Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Traffic (North) in 2008.^[8]

In September 2009, Tanvir was appointed superintendent of police of Rangpur District.^[9] In 2010, he detained an employee of Bangladesh Government Press for leaking question papers from the press.^[10] He oversaw the first ever mayoral election of Rangpur City Corporation in 2012.^[11] He served as the superintendent of police of Tangail District.^[12] He was the additional commissioner (crime and operation) of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police in 2017.^[13] He was the additional deputy inspector general of police of the Police Training Centre, Tangail.^[14]

Tanvir was appointed Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police in September 2020.^[15] He was the additional police commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.^[15] He opened the first service center of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police.^[16] He oversaw the 2021 Chattogram City Corporation election.^[17]

Tanvir proposed extending the jurisdiction of Chittagong Metropolitan Police to Karnaphuli Tunnel, Shah Amanat International Airport, and industrial zones in Anwara Upazila in July 2022.^[18] Tanvir was replaced by Krishna Pada Roy and was appointed director of the Central Police Hospital.^[18] In June 2023, he was transferred to the Special Branch.^[19] In March 2024, he was appointed Director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI).^[20] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain replaced him at the NSI.^[21]

Career

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