ABM Amin Ullah Nuri | |
|---|---|
| এ বি এম আমিন উল্লাহ নুরী | |
| Road Transport and Highways Division | |
| Senior Secretary | |
| In office 4 June 2022 –14 August 2024 | |
| Minister | Obaidul Quader |
| Preceded by | Md. Nazrul Islam |
| Succeeded by | Md. Ehsanul Haque |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1965 Juldha,Chittagong District,East Pakistan,Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Government employee |
ABM Amin Ullah Nuri is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division. [1] He is a former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha. [2]
Nuri is the former chief executive officer of the Dhaka South City Corporation. [3]
Amin Ullah Nuri was born to Mohammad Abdun Noor and Maryam Begum on 1 January 1965 in Juldha village of Karnaphuli Upazila of Chittagong. He obtained a B.S. (Hons.) in 1987 and an M.S. in 1988 from the Department of Political Science,University of Dhaka. [4]
In 2020,after Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh became mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation,he appointed Nuri chief executive officer of the corporation. [5]
Nuri was appointed chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in April 2021,replacing acting chairman Sayeed Hasan Sikder,who held the post after the retirement of Mohammad Sayeed Noor Alam. [5]
Nuri promised to remove brokers from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and focus on digitalizing services. [6] He oversaw the introduction of a new curriculum of commercial drivers education that sought to reduce sexual harassment. [7]
In May 2021,Nuri met with a delegation from the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) who requested Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha repair and improve roads connecting sector-12 of Uttara to BGMEA headquarters. [2] On 20 December 2021,he was promoted to secretary. [8]
Nuri blamed the contractor for the collapse of a girder of an under-construction elevated expressway of the Bus Rapid Transit project that resulted in fatalities. [9] He worked with Obaidul Quader,Minister of Road Transport and Bridges,to award a contract for 137 buses for Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit to their preferred contractor. [10] He and Monjur Hossain,Secretary of Bridges Division,blamed pedestrians and commuters for increasing road fatalities in Bangladesh. [11] He oversaw the opening of the first metro rail of Bangladesh,Dhaka Metro Rail. [12] [13]
Nuri was reappointed Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contract on 26 June 2024. [14] He was given a contractual appointment along with Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah,principal secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [15] His contractual appointment was cancelled after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,along with 10 other secretaries. [16] The ten others are K. M. Abdus Salam,Khairul Islam,Lokman Hossain Miah,Md. Mokammel Hossain,Md. Humayun Kabir,Md. Ali Hossain,Satyajit Karmaker,and Wahida Akter. [16]