Md. Nojibur Rahman

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

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

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
  1. "NBR chief Md Nojibur Rahman set to become new principal secretary: Source". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  2. "Welcome to CMSF". cmsfbd.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  3. "'Long-term financing, vibrant bond market needed for infrastructure development'". The Daily Star. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  4. "6 proposals from Bangladesh for effective multilateral trading system". The Daily Star. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  5. "Md. Nojibur Rahman". Cosmos Foundation. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  6. "Welcome to CMSF". cmsfbd.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  7. Ahmed, Gazi Towhid (2013-12-27). "Survey studies time spent on paid or unpaid work". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  8. "National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh". nbr.gov.bd. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  9. "NBR chief accuses businessmen of misusing bonded warehousing". The Daily Star. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. "NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman likely to be new principal secretary to Prime Minister". Daily Sun. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  11. "NBR chairman Nojibur Rahman made PM's principal Secy". Prothomalo. 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
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