Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker

Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker is a Bangladeshi civil servant and the senior secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1][2] He is the former Election Commission Secretary.[3]

Early life

Khandaker did his undergrad and masters in philosophy at the University of Dhaka.[4]

Career

Khandaker joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991 in the admin cadre.[4] In 2014, he received the Information and Communication Technology Award.[4]

In November 2015, Khandaker was the deputy commissioner of Feni District.[5] He served as the personal secretary of Hossain Toufique Imam, political advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[4] He was the additional secretary at the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.[4] In 2016, he was awarded the Public Administration Award.[4]

Khandaker was appointed the secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission in January 2021.[6][7] He was the former Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner.[7] He was replaced by Md Humayun Kabir as divisional commissioner.[8] In January 2022, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman issued a ruling asking why contempt of court should not be taken against him and three others for not publishing the results of a ward election in Chittagong.[9] The government asked him and the election commission to investigate Bangladesh Nationalist Party using lobbying firms in the United States.[10]

Khandaker was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Industries in October 2022.[11] He was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting following the forced retirement of the former secretary, Md Mokbul Hossain in November 2022.[12] Zakia Sultana appointed to the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was cancelled at the same time.[12][13] He oversaw the launch of the digitalization of National Institute of Mass Communication services as part of the mygov platform project.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Info secy exchanges views with dept heads". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  2. ^ "PM honours cinematic excellence at National Film Awards 2022". The Daily Star. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  3. ^ "Humayun Kabir made new information secretary". The Daily Star. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Humayun Kabir joins as information and broadcasting secretary | News Flash". BSS. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  5. ^ "4-nation friendship motor rally enters Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  6. ^ "Shuffling the reshuffle: EC secretary moved to info ministry". Dhaka Tribune. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker new EC secretary". Daily Sun. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  8. ^ "Md Humayun Kabir appointed new divisional commissioner in Rajshahi". Daily Sun. January 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  9. ^ "CEC, 4 others face contempt of court rule". The Daily Star. 2022-01-03. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  10. ^ "Govt requests EC to probe BNP's lobbyist expenses". The Daily Star. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  11. ^ "3 promoted to secretary, one made senior secretary". New Age. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  12. ^ a b "Humayun Kabir Khandakar new info secretary". The Business Standard. 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ "Notification on Zakia Sultana's transfer cancelled". Somoy TV. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Govt wants to take services under 100pc digitization thru myGov". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2023-12-10.