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Information Commission (Bangladesh)
Information Commission Bangladesh is a Independent Statutory Body responsible for ensuring citizens have access to information according to the Right to Information Act, 2009. Dr. Abdul Malek, former secretary to the government of Bangladesh, is the Chief Information Commissioner since 22 March 2023. History The Information Commission Bangladesh was established on 1 July 2009 by the Bangladesh Awami League government. It was based on the Right to Information Ordinance which was passed in 2008 by the Caretaker Government during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis and ratified by the parliament on 29 March 2009. The first chief information commissioner was M Azizur Rahman a retired government secretary. Sadeka Halim, a professor at University of Dhaka, and Mohammad Abu Taher, another retired secretary, were the first two commissioners. They were selected through a selection committee led by a judge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006–2008 Bangladeshi Political Crisis
The 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis began as a caretaker government (CTG) assumed power at the end of October 2006 following the end of term of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party administration. BNP government increased the age of chief justice retirement in an unconstitutional way to bias the appointment of the head of the caretaker government. CTG manages the government during the interim 90-day period and parliamentary elections. Political conflict began with the alleged appointment of a Chief Advisor, a role which devolved to the President, Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. The interim period was marked from the beginning by violent protests initiated by the Awami League named '' Logi Boitha Andolan'' (Boat-hook and Oar Movement), with 40 people killed and hundreds injured in the first month. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party had its own complaints about the process and the opposition. After extensive negotiations as the CTG tried to bring all the political parties to the table an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadeka Halim
Sadeka Halim is a professor of University of Dhaka and the first female dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University. She is the first woman to be the Chief Information Commissioner of Bangladesh. Early life and education Halim's father, Fazlul Halim Chowdhury, was a vice-chancellor of the University of Dhaka. She passed Secondary School Certificate, SSC exam from Udyon High School and Higher Secondary (School) Certificate, HSC exam from Holycross School and College. She graduated from the University of Dhaka. Career In 1988, Halim was appointed as a teacher in the Department of Social Sciences of University of Dhaka. Later she received a second postgraduate and PhD degree from McGill University of Canada with Commonwealth Scholarship. She then completed the post-doctorate of the Commonwealth Staff Fellowship from the University of Bath of the United Kingdom. From July 2009 to June 2014, she served as the first woman information commissioner. Besides, she served as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently it is the largest public research university in Bangladesh, with a student body of 46,150 and a faculty of 1,992. Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Salimullah, who played a pioneering role in establishing the university in Dhaka, donated 600 acres of land from his estate for this purpose. It has made significant contributions to the modern history of Bangladesh. After the Partition of India, it became the focal point of progressive and democratic movements in Pakistan. Its students and teachers played a central role in the rise of Bengali nationalism and the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Notable alumni include Muhammad Yunus (winner 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, pioneer of microcredit), Natyaguru Nurul Momen (pioneer literature, theatre & cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I (article 94) of the Constitution of Bangladesh adopted in 1972. This is also the office of the Chief Justice, Appellate Division Justices, and High Court Division Justices of Bangladesh. As of December 2022, there are 9 Justices in Appellate Division and 92 Justices (81 are permanent and 11 are additional) in High Court Division.List of Judges in Supreme Court of Bangladesh SupremeCourt.gov.bd Structure The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is divided into two parts: the Appellate Division and the High Court Division. The High C ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Azizur Rahman
M, or m, is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a " Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the "water" ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for "water", '' *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems The letter represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound in the orthography of Latin as well as in that of many modern languages, and also in the International Phonetic Alphabet. In English, the Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that is sometimes a vowel, in words like ''s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Zamir
Muhammad Zamir is a former ambassador and chief information officer of Bangladesh. He is a former secretary. Career In 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War, Zamir was stationed at the Embassy of Pakistan in Egypt and studying Arabic. He received a cover message from the Provisional Government of Bangladesh through the Indian Embassy in Egypt to spread information on behalf of the Bengali government in exile which he agreed to do. Zamir was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the European Union based in Brussel in 2003. On 31 March 2010 was appointed Chief Information Commissioner of the Information Commission. Mohammad Abu Taher, retired secretary, and Professor Sadeka Halim were his commissioners. His disagreed with the Anti-Corruption Commission decision to ban journalists from its office. He also disagreed with the director general of Directorate General of Drug Administration Major General Abul Kalam Azad who refused to talk to journalists and said they were "not authorized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Farooq (diplomat)
Mohammed Farooq (10 January 1949 – 20 August 2018) was a Bangladeshi Ambassador who had served as the Chief Information Commissioner leading the Information Commission. He was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines. Early life Farooq was born on 10 January 1949 in Bhola, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan. Career Farooq joined Bangladesh Civil Service in 1973 as a cadre of the Foreign Affairs branch. He had worked at the Bangladesh High Commission in Australia, Bhutan, and Malaysia. He was also stationed in the Bangladeshi consulate in Los Angeles and the Bangladesh Embassy in the United States. From December 2000 to February 2002, Farooq was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines. On 16 October 2012, Farooq was appointed Chief Information Commissioner replacing Ambassador Muhammed Zamir. Farooq hosted Ronald Meinardus, Regional Director of Friedrich Naumann Foundation The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (german: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung fü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martuza Ahmed
Martuza Ahmed () is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and Chief Information Commissioner of the Information Commission. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Career Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982 as part of a special batch. He has served as the Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Noakhali Sadar Upazila. He is a former magistrate of Dhaka City. Ahmed has served as director of Bangladesh Betar. Ahmed was the director of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments. He has been the additional secretary of the Cabinet Division. On 19 January 2019, Ahmed was appointed the chief information commissioner of the Information Commission replacing M Golam Rahman. At the time of his appointment, he was the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha chairman. He is responsible for ensuring citizens have access to government information and holding the government accountable. In 2019, he said that lack of information was responsible for the spread of misinformation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Agencies Of Bangladesh
, image = Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg , caption = Government Seal , date = ( 1st Government) , state = Bengali Republic , address = Bangladesh SecretariatDhaka , appointed = President of the Republic , leader_title = Prime Minister , main_organ = Cabinet of Bangladesh , ministries = 58 Ministries , responsible = Jatiya Sangsad , url bangladesh.gov.bd The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions. Some of the work of the government is carried out through state enterprises or limited companies. Legislative * Jatiya Sangsad ** Office of the Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad ** Sangsad committees ** Parliament Secretariat * Sangsad Television * Sangsad Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Establishments In Bangladesh
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
