Md Mokbul Hossain is a retired Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Secretary. He was sent into forced retirement before his tenure ended citing public interest.

Early life

Hossain was born in Ballavepur,

Kumarkhali Upazila Kumarkhali ( bn, কুমারখালি) is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Shelaidaha area, where the poet Rabindranath Tagore spent a considerable time of his youth. Geography Ku ...

Kushtia District Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh l ...

. He completed his undergraduate in agriculture economics at the

Bangladesh Agricultural University Bangladesh Agricultural University ( bn, বাংলাদেশ কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ''Bangladesh Krishi Bishshobiddalôe''), abbreviated as BAU, was established in 1961. The university has 43 departments. ...

Career

Hossain joined the 10th batch of the

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস ), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial ...

in 1991 as an admin cadre. He served as Assistant Commissioner of Land and

Upazila Nirbahi Officer An Upazila Nirbahi Officer ( Abbreviation: UNO; bn, উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার) is the chief executive officer of an upazila (subdistrict) and a mid-level officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (administratio ...

. He was the deputy commissioner of Dinajpur District. Hossain was the Additional Secretary in the

Ministry of Textiles and Jute Ministry of Textiles and Jute ( bn, বস্ত্র ও পাট মন্ত্রণালয়, Pronounce: ''Bostro ō pāṭ Montronaloy'') is Bangladesh's governmental parent agency for the country's Department of Textiles (Banglades ...

. On 31 May 2021, Hossain was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He was previously the

Registrar of Joint Stock Companies And Firms The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies And Firms (RJSC) is an organization of Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh. History After the independence of Pakistan, the RJSC was established for the first time in 1962 in the port city of Chi ...

. Under him, in 2020, a record number of companies were registered. Hossain was sent into forced retirement by the

Ministry of Public Administration The Ministry of Public Administration () (abbreviated as MoPa) is primarily responsible for management of public administration in Bangladesh. Present minister is Sheikh Hasina Wazed and Minister of State is Farhad Hossain. Present Senior secre ...

of the government of Bangladesh in October 2022 citing "public interest". There was widespread speculation in the media about his termination. He denied being disloyal to the government and claimed he was a member of the

Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

, the student wing of the ruling

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

, as a student at Bangladesh Agricultural University. He denied allegations of ties with the opposition

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

and it's vice-chairman,

Tarique Rahman Tarique Rahman is a Bangladeshi politician who is the current acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since February 2018. He has been residing in London with his family since he left Bangladesh in September 2008. Early life and ...

, in London. Justice

Md Nazrul Islam Talukder Md. Nazrul Islam Talukder is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He is a member of Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission. Early life Talukder was born on 1 December 1964. He has a bachelors and masters in law. Care ...

and Justice Khizir Hayat Lizu of the

High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate D ...

asked the Anti-Corruption Commission if they had taken any action on the corruption allegations against Hossain.

Zakia Sultana Zakia Sultana is a Bangladeshi civil servant and senior secretary of the Ministry of Industries. She was the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Early life Sultana was born in 1968 in Singra Upazila, Natore District, East P ...

was appointed to replace him but she was replaced two months later by

Humayun Kabir Khandakar Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker is a Bangladeshi civil servant and the senior secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is the former Election Commission Secretary. Early life Khandaker did his undergrad and masters in philosophy ...

Personal life

Hossain is married to Israt Jahan Nina. They have two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakeem, Ahmed Ataul Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi civil servants Bangladesh Agricultural University alumni People from Kushtia District