Dr. Islam did M.A. in Economics from Dhaka University, M.A. in Development Economics from Williams College, USA and Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University, USA.He began his professional career as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Dhaka University in 1962. He then joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1964. He has held a number of positions in the Governments of the then East and West Pakistan and later in the Government of Bangladesh. These include Director, West Pakistan Agricultural Development Corporation; Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh; Deputy Commissioner, Mymensingh and Joint Secretary/ Additional Secretary, Ministry of Establishment, Government of Bangladesh.Dr. Islam joined the United Nations in 1982 and served in Bangkok and...

Mr. Chowdhury is the Founder, first Chairman, and current CEO of Tiger Tours Ltd. Upon completion of his MA with First Class in Modern History from University of Dhaka, he started his 33-year-long career in Civil Service. He served as Secretary to the Government in various Ministries including Communication, Finance and was ex-officio Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). Assigned as Deputy Commissioner of greater Faridpur and Dhaka district, and Commissioner of Chittagong Division, Mr. Chowdhury served as an Adviser to the caretaker Government of Bangladesh. He is also the Founder Chair of the SME Foundation and Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB), Mr. Chowdhury has previously served as the Executive Director of BRAC for seven years. Mr. Chowdhury attended the University...

Mr. Zakir Ahmed Khan did his MA in Economics from the University of Dhaka and MBA from Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium. He also studied Development Economics and Development Administration at the Colorado State University as a Hubert Humphrey Fellow. Before joining the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service in 1970 he served briefly as a Research Associate in the Bureau of Economic Research and as a Lecturer in Economics, at the University of Dhaka. He also served as a part-time Lecturer in the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka. Mr. Khan retired on Feb, 09 from the World Bank as Alternate Executive Director representing Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Srilanka. He served as Finance Secretary and Secretary, Internal Resources Division and Chairman, National Board of Revenue for...

Dr. Muhamad Abdul Mazid, is a retired Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and former Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR),  A post graduate from the University of Dhaka , Mr Mazid started his career with Bangladesh Bank and joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as BCS Audit and Accounts cadre in 1981. He did his PhD in Social Science. Prior to retiring as the Secretary of in the Ministry of Finance (MoF) Mr. Mazid worked in many senior positions of the Public Services. He was a member in the Planning Commission, Deputy - Joint - Additional Secretary of the Finance Division, MoF, Director of the Board of Investment (BoI), and Economic Relations Division . Dr Mazid served as a trade diplomat ( Commercial Counsellor) for six years in the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo,...

Nasiruddin Ahmed is working as a Professor at the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), Brac University. He was the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Bangladesh. Prior to joining the ACC, he was the Secretary, Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance and Chairman of the National Board of Revenue. He also worked for the Government in Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Rural Electrification Board, Economic Relations Division, Prime Minister’s Office and Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre. He has consultancy experiences in a number of places such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNESCO and AME Mineral Economics, Sydney, Australia. He taught a course in Economics and Politics in...

Mr. Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury former Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer & Exporter Association and Managing Director of Evince Group entered into the Garments Industry in 1983 right after completing his MBA from USA. The name of the industry was EVINCE GARMENTS LIMITED one of the pioneer when garments industries were about to take a shape in Bangladesh. Mr. Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury has been deeply involved in the formation and running of the export-led organizations

Nihad Kabir was the President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka ( 2017-2021), and an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is the Senior Partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad and Associates, a leading law firm of the country. Dhaka. She is an independent director on the Board of Square Textiles Limited, and also a Director of the financial institutions Brac Bank Limited, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), and Bkash. She chairs the Boards of Brac EPL Stock Brokerage Limited and Brac EPL Investment Limited. She was the Secretary General of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid institution. She is a member of the Company Law Reform Commission, Fellow of BIDS (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Member of the Board of Governors of Bangladesh...

Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri joined InM as the Executive Director on January 01, 2016. Before joining InM he served as the Director General of BIDS since April 2009. He was the Chief Economist of the Bangladesh Bank (the country’s central bank). During his professional career, he also served as the Poverty Monitoring and Analysis Advisor of UNDP in Cambodia; Project Leader of the IDRC’s Programme of Micro Impact of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies (MIMAP) in Bangladesh; Director Research of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP); Visiting Faculty at the Department of Economics, University of Queensland, Brisbane; National Expert in the Bangladesh Planning Commission; and Associate Professor of Economics, Rajshahi University. Dr. Mujeri obtained...

Sayema Haque Bidisha is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. She did her bachelors as well as masters from the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and MSc. from the University of Bath, UK. She obtained PhD in Labour Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK. Her research interest lies on labour economics, development economics, population economics and microeconometrics. Her work involves both empirical analysis as well as policy focused research with emphasis on developing countries. In her PhD, Dr. Bidisha worked with labour market experience of immigrants and ethnic minorities in the UK. In the context of Bangladesh, she worked on a number of research projects on labour market, gender and women empowerment, migration and remittance...

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Mr. Aminur Rahman has obtained B. A with Honours in Economics from Dhaka University. Subsequently he obtained MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA).He has also obtained LLB from National University. He joined Taxation Cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1983. During his tenure in Civil Service he joined courses in Harvard University, USA and IMF Institute in Singapore. He hold many important posts in the Taxation Cadre. He served in the tax policy wing of the National Board of Revenue as First Secretary as well as Member. He was Member Secretrary of Tax Reforms for Four years He retired as Member, National Board of Revenue in 2011. After retirement he is involved as guest Faculty in Dhaka University, BRAC University, Institute of Public Finance. He is also consultant of...

Barrister Jahangir Hossain was the Secretary (ex officio) of VAT Policy Unit, Internal Resources Division (IRD), Ministry of Finance, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He is known to be one of the best interpreters of the Value Added Tax and Customs Laws of Bangladesh. His significant life achievements which are worthy of mention are, he was the Principal Draftsman of the ‘Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duties Act, 2012’ and ‘Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duties Rules, 2016’ of Bangladesh and also, he was the first Project Director of VAT Online project of Bangladesh. He is a Barrister­at­Law from Lincolns Inn, UK; PGDL from City Law School, City University London and also completed his LLB (Honors) from the University of London, UK. Major training and courses he...

Md. Farid Uddin was a Civil Servant belonging to the Customs and Vat cadre of the BCS 1982 batch. He did his Masters from Dhaka University. He worked in the Customs and Vat department for thirty-two years in different capacities. Finally, he was a Member of Customs and Vat Policy in the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and was also involved in its modernization initiatives. He retired from the Govt Services in 2017. His present areas of interest, inter alia, are to study the Tariff and Tax policies of Bangladesh for the development of its business and revenue.