Iftekharuzzaman

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Iftekharuzzaman is the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh. [1]

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Early life

Iftekharuzzaman completed high school in 1968 under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore. [2] did his undergraduate studies in economics from the University of Dhaka. [2] He completed his graduate studies in economics from the Wrocław University of Economics. [2] He earned his PhD from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. [2] His did his post doc research from the University of Tokyo in international relations from 1988 to 1989. [3]

Career

Iftekharuzzaman was a researcher and later research director at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies from 1982 to 1995. [2] From 1995 to 1999, Iftekharuzzaman was the executive director of the Regional Centre For Strategic Studies in Sri Lanka. [2]

From 1991 to 2004, Iftekharuzzaman was the executive director of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation. [2] After leaving Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, he joined as the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh in September 2004. [2]

In October 2007, Iftekharuzzaman defended Transparence International Bangladesh report on corruption in non governmental organizations after it was attacked by Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh. [4]

Iftekharuzzaman was elected to the international board of directors of Transparency International in 2008, 2012, and 2015. [2] In January 2008, he was a panelist in a conference, BBC Bangladesh Sanglap , organized by BBC World Service Trust and BBC Bangla Service. [5]

Iftekharuzzaman called the cancellation of World Bank loan for Padma Bridge an "acid test" for the government due to the Padma Bridge graft scandal in 2012. [6] In 2014, he warned Bangladesh was on the way to becoming a kleptocracy. [7]

In May 2015, Iftekharuzzaman was awarded the Global Partnership Forum for Social Accountability Award by the World Bank. [3] [8] In 2019, he called for policy reforms due to the abuse of power by VIPs. [9] He called the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi in 2019 an "acid test" for the government. [10]

Iftekharuzzaman is a trustee of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation and Bishwo Shahitto Kendro. [2] He is a member of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission. [11] He is a member of the Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. [3] He wrote Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan: South Asian, Perspectives and South Asian Security, Primacy of Internal Dimension. [12] He has criticized the government for failure to prevent large scale money laundering. [13] In 2020, he criticized a provision of the budget that allowed black money (untaxed) to be legalized. [14]

According to Transparency International Bangladesh and Iftekharuzzaman, the Anti Corruption Commission was acting under the influence of the Awami League and not as an independent body. [15] He called for greater transparency in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Iftekharuzzaman". The Daily Star. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Iftekharuzzaman (Iftekhar Zaman)" (PDF). Transparency International Bangladesh . Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 sarwar. "Dr Iftekharuzzaman". Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ↑ "TIB says its study not applicable to all NGOs". The Daily Star. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ↑ "AL, BNP against army role in governing process". The Daily Star. 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. ↑ "Padma Bridge Acid-test for the Government; World Bank cancellation..." Transparency.org. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  7. ↑ Iftekharuzzaman (2014-01-01). "Corruption – Towards kleptocratic state capture". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Iftekharuzzaman of TIB gets WB award". The Daily Star. 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  9. ↑ "VIP culture necessitates policy reform: Iftekharuzzaman". New Age. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  10. ↑ "Nusrat's murder an 'acid test' for govt: Dr Iftekharuzzaman". The Daily Star. 2019-04-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  11. ↑ "International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission: Indigenous Peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts experiencing Human Rights Violations - IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs". www.iwgia.org. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Iftekharuzzaman | The University Press Limited". www.uplbooks.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  13. ↑ "'Money laundering goes on because of a lack of political will'". The Business Standard. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  14. ↑ Reza, Shameem. "Allowing black money whitening discriminatory, unconstitutional, graft-supportive: TIB". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  15. ↑ "ACC under ruling party influence, says TIB". UNB. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  16. ↑ "TIB seeks transparency in vaccine collection, distribution". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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