Sunil Kanti Bose | |
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| Bose at the United Nations headquarters in New York (2014) | |
| Chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission | |
| In office 23 October 2012 –September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddque |
| Succeeded by | Shahjahan Mahmood |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Sunil Kanti Bose is the former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. [1] [2] During his term as chairman of the regulatory commission he blocked YouTube due to the controversial Innocence of Muslims film. [3] [4]
Bose joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1979. [5]
Bose previously served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. [5] He is the former chairperson of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. [5] He served as the director of the Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre. [5]
Bose was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on 23 October 2012. [5] He was appointed chairperson of the commission of a three-year term. [5] Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddque replaced Bose as Secretary of the Ministry of Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology. [5] He briefly banned YouTube in 2012 to prevent people watching the Innocence of Muslims movie and removed the ban in 2013. [6] [7] The film portrayed Mohammad,the prophet of Islam,in a negative light. [8] He established one megabyte per second as the standard broadband speed in Bangladesh. [9] He called on the government to resolve licensing disputes with Grameenphone. [10]
In 2015,Bose initiated reregistration of sim cards where information was missing from registration. [11] He called on the government of Bangladesh to increase cyber security of the country. [12] He signed an agreement for the procurement of Bangabandhu-1 satellite. [13]
Bose was replaced by Shahjahan Mahmood as chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in September 2015. [14]
In 2018,Bose pledged support for Awami League,along with 307 former bureaucrats,before the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh. [15]