Md. Nojibur Rahman is a retired civil servant and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[1] He is the chairman of Capital Market Stabilization Fund.[2][3] He is the former Principal Secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[4]
Early life edit
Rahman was born on 31 December 1960 in Sunamganj District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[5] Rahman completed his Bachelor of Social Science and Master of Social Science at the University of Dhaka in 1982 and 1984 respectively.[6][5] He completed a second Masters at Australian National University in Development Administration in 1999.[6][5]
Career edit
Rahman joined the admin cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982.[6]
From 1991 to 1994, Rahman served at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Vietnam and Myanmar.[6]
From 2009 to 2012, Rahman was the Economic Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[6]
Rahman was the secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division at the Ministry of Planning from 2012 to 2014.[6][7] He was the secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.[6]
From 12 January 2015 to 31 December 2017, Rahman was the chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[8] He was succeeded by Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.[8] He accused businessmen in Bangladesh of dodging taxes using bonded warehouses.[9] He was appointed Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[10][11] He replaced Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury.[10]
Rahman is an advisory board member of Cosmos Foundation.[5]
References edit
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- ^ "Welcome to CMSF". cmsfbd.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "'Long-term financing, vibrant bond market needed for infrastructure development'". The Daily Star. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "6 proposals from Bangladesh for effective multilateral trading system". The Daily Star. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b c d "Md. Nojibur Rahman". Cosmos Foundation. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Welcome to CMSF". cmsfbd.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Ahmed, Gazi Towhid (2013-12-27). "Survey studies time spent on paid or unpaid work". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b "National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh". nbr.gov.bd. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "NBR chief accuses businessmen of misusing bonded warehousing". The Daily Star. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ a b "NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman likely to be new principal secretary to Prime Minister". Daily Sun. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "NBR chairman Nojibur Rahman made PM's principal Secy". Prothomalo. 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2024-03-18.