Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the prime minister of Bangladesh since January 2009. Sheikh Hasina was among Time's 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the fourth president of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975, after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was involved in the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He took on the role of president immediately after the assassination, praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail.
Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited, commonly known by its trade name BEXIMCO, is a Bangladeshi multinational conglomerate holding company, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in the early 1970s.
Kamal Hossain is a founding leader, lawyer and politician of Bangladesh. He is known as the "father of the Bangladeshi constitution" and regarded as an icon of secular democracy in the Indian subcontinent. Hossain currently heads his own law firm in Dhaka, serves as president of the Gano Forum political party, and advocates for democratic reform. His autobiography Bangladesh: Quest for Freedom and Justice is an important book on Bangladeshi history, particularly regarding the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.
Bangladesh–India relations are the bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India, both of which are South Asian neighbours. Diplomatic relations between the two countries formally began in 1971 with India's recognition of an independent Bangladesh. On 6 December, Bangladesh and India celebrate Friendship Day commemorating India's recognition of Bangladesh and the continued friendship between the two countries.
The utility electricity sector in Bangladesh has one national grid with an installed capacity of 25,700 MW as of June 2022. Bangladesh's energy sector is not up to the mark. However, per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh is considered higher than the production. Electricity was introduced to the country on 7 December 1901 under British rule.
Syed Abdus Samad was a teacher of economics. He was a faculty member at the University of Dhaka, Boston State College, Boston University, the University of the South Pacific, and the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. Samad worked as a national and international civil servant, economist, and human rights activist. In Bangladesh, he was the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and a principal secretary to the Prime Minister. Samad was the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Board of Investment.
Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury is the energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2009.
Nasrul Hamid is an Awami League politician and the State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources or Ministry of Energy is a ministry of the Government of Bangladesh. It is mainly responsible for all policies and matters relating to electricity generation, transmission, and distribution from conventional and non-conventional energy sources including hydro electricity. It also deals with the Import, Distribution, Exploration, Extraction, Pricing, and other policy related details of the primary fuels.
The Bangladesh Secretariat, also known as Bangladesh Sachibalaya or Old Secretariat, is the administrative headquarters of the Government of Bangladesh, and houses the majority of ministries and government agencies and bodies. The secretariat can refer to the complex of ministries, or refer to the Bangladesh Civil Service central administration. Its political heads are the ministers while the administrative heads are the Secretaries to the Government. It is located in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka. The Secretariat complex was originally constructed as Secretariat of East Pakistan.
Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party and served as the Secretary General for two terms. He was a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-9 constituency at the 10th Jatiya Sangsad and the Chittagong-6 constituency at the 4th Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Energy during Ershad's regime in the 1980s. He was appointed an advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in November 2013.
Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury is a Bengali poet and a member of the Bangladesh Civil Service. He was the Chief Coordinator of the National Implementation Committee for the Celebration of Mujib Borsho, the Birth Centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. He is a former Principal Secretary of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
National Skills Development Authority is a Bangladesh government agency under the Prime Minister's Office responsible for developing policies to build a skilled labour force. The authority must approve and evaluate all skill development projects of the government. The chairperson of the governing body of the National Skills Development Authority is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the vice-chairperson is Minister of Finance A H M Mustafa Kamal. The principal secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, Ahmad Kaikaus, is the chairperson of the executive committee of National Skills Development Authority.
Shaikh Yusuf Harun is the Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority. He is the former Senior Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration. Earlier, he served as Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka District.
Md. Mahbub Hossain is a Bangladesh civil servant and incumbent Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. Prior to this position, he was Senior Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. He also served as the chairperson of Titas Gas and Gas Transmission Company Limited. He is the chairman of Omera LPG as nominee of MJL Bangladesh Limited. He is a director of Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited.
A. B. M. Abdul Fattah, full name Abul Bashar Mohammed Abdul Fattah, is a Bangladesh civil servant and former chairman of Petrobangla.
Habibur Rahman, also known as Md. Habibur Rahman, is a Bangladeshi civil servant and Secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. He is the chairperson of Bangladesh-China Renewable Energy Company (Pvt.) Limited.
Mohammad Salah Uddin is a Bangladeshi civil servant and Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He is an independent director of British American Tobacco. He is a director of Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited. He is a director of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited.
