Md Abdur Rahman Khan | |
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আব্দুর রহমান | |
![]() Md Abdur Rahman in 2024 | |
Chairman of the National Board of Revenue | |
Assumed office 14 August 2024 | |
Senior Secretary of the Internal Resources Division | |
Assumed office 14 August 2024 | |
Md Abdur Rahman Khan is a Bangladeshi government official who serving as secretary of Internal Resources Division [1] and the chairman of the National Board of Revenue. [2] Prior to join here,he was secretary of the Financial Institutions Division. [3] He is the former President of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh. [4]
Khan was born in Lakshmipur District. [5] He did his bachelors and masters in accounting at the University of Chittagong. [6] [5] He has a second masters from the Ulster University. [6]
Khan joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 25 April 1994 as a taxation cadre. [5]
Khan worked as an international advisor to the World Bank in East Timor. [5]
In January 2023,Khan was elected President of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh while serving as an additional secretary at the Ministry of Finance. [6]
Khan was appointed secretary of the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance in May 2024 replacing Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah who was set to retire. [7] [8] He was the previous chief of the Administration and Treasury and Debt Management Wing. [8]
After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government,Khan was appointed chairman of the National Board of Revenue on 15 August 2024. [9] He replaced the contractually appointed chairman,Abu Hena Rahmatul Muneem,after his contract was terminated. [10] There were protests at the National Board of Revenue by employees demanding the removal of Muneem. [11] [12]