Zakia Sultana

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Zakia Sultana is a Bangladeshi civil servant and senior secretary of the Ministry of Industries. [1] [2] She was the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [3]

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Early life

Sultana was born in 1968 in Singra Upazila, Natore District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [4] [5] She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in anatomy from the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research in 1989 and 1991 respectively. [4] [5] She has a masters from Victoria University, Melbourne in Environmental Management. [4]

Career

Sultana joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991. [4]

Sultana was the Additional Secretary of the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance. [6]

In January 2021, Sultana was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council. [6] On 16 May 2021, Sultana was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Industries. [4] She is a director of the Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Center. She is a director of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and BIRDEM. [4] She is a director of Palli Sanchay Bank. [4]

On 27 October 2022, Sultana was appointed the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [6] Her appointment was cancelled in November 2022 and instead Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker, former secretary of the Election Commission and incumbent secretary of the Ministry of Industries, was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. [7] [8] She was returned to the Ministry of Industries. [7] [9] This happened after the incumbent, Md Mokbul Hossain, was sent into forced retirement. [10]

Sultana signed an agreement with ICT Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin to improve supply chains. [11] She was promoted to senior secretary on 27 October 2023. [5] She is the vat policy member of the National Board of Revenue. [12]

Personal life

Sultana is married to Md. Atiqul Islam, Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. [4]

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  2. ↑ "PM opens southeast Asia's largest fertiliser factory in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Zakia Sultana made information secretary". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ms. Zakia Sultana has been serving as Secretary, Ministry of Industries from 16th May 2021" (PDF). Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation . Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Zakia Sultana promoted". Women Eye 24. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. 1 2 3 "Zakia Sultana made information secretary | News Flash". BSS. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  7. 1 2 "Notification on Zakia Sultana's transfer cancelled". Somoy TV . 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Zakia Sultana made Information Secretary". The Daily Star. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Shuffling the reshuffle: EC secretary moved to info ministry". Dhaka Tribune . 1 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Info secretary Mokbul Hossain sent on retirement". The Business Standard. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  11. ↑ "'Market has no food scarcity, rather problem is in supply chain'". The Daily Star. 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. ↑ "E-payment mandatory for depositing VAT of Tk 10 lakh and above". The Daily Star. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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