ABM Amin Ullah Nuri is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division.[1] He is a former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha.[2]
Nuri is the former chief executive officer of the Dhaka South City Corporation.[3]
Career
editIn 2020 after Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh became mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, he appointed Nuri Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.[4]
Nuri was appointed chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in April 2021 replacing acting chairman Sayeed Hasan Sikder, who held the post after the retirement of Mohammad Sayeed Noor Alam.[4]
Nuri promised to remove brokers from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and focus on digitalizing services.[5] He oversaw the introduction of new curriculum of commercial drivers education that sought to reduce sexual harassment.[6]
In May 2021, Nuri met with a delegation from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) who requested Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha repair and improve roads connecting sector-12 of Uttara to BGMEA headquarters.[2] On 20 December 2021, he was promoted to secretary.[7]
Nuri blamed the contractor for a collapse of a girder of an under construction elevated expressway of the Bus Rapid Transit project that resulted in fatalities.[8] He worked with Obaidul Quader, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, to award contract for 137 buses for Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit to their preferred contractor.[9] He and Monjur Hossain, Secretary of Bridges Division, blamed pedestrian and commuters for increasing road fatalities in Bangladesh.[10] He oversaw the opening of the first metro rail of Bangladesh, Dhaka Metro Rail.[11][12]
Nuri was reappointed Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contracted on 26 June 2024.[13] He was given a contractual appointment along with Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, principal secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[14] His contractual appointed was cancelled after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with 10 other secretaries.[15] The ten others are K. M. Abdus Salam, Khairul Islam, Lokman Hossain Miah, Md. Mokammel Hossain, Md. Humayun Kabir, Md. Ali Hossain, Satyajit Karmaker, and Wahida Akter.[15]
References
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- ^ a b "BGMEA urges to construct culvert at Sarkar Bari". Daily Sun. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "DSCC removes 74 tons of waste from Panthapath Box Culvert". The Business Standard. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ a b "ABM Aminullah Noori new Rajuk chairman - - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "BRTA will be made completely broker free: Road transport secy". Prothomalo. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "New curriculum for drivers to stop sexual harassment". Dhaka Tribune. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Five officials promoted to secretary". Prothomalo. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "'Contractor company is 100% responsible for Uttara accident'". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ রহমান, আরিফুর (2024-08-29). "১৩৭ বাস কেনা নিয়ে কারসাজি, নেপথ্যে সাবেক মন্ত্রী-সচিব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "Like failures, successes also there in containing anarchy on road: Ministry". Prothomalo. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ Report, Star Digital (2022-12-28). "PM opens country's first metro rail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ Hasan, Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary, Wasim Bin Habib, Rashidul. "Bangladesh's Metro dream rolls into reality". asianews.network. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "ABM Amin Ullah Nuri reappointed as secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division". The Business Standard. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ "PM Principal Secy Tofazzel Hossain, Road Division Secy ABM Amin Ullah's tenure extended". bfirst.news. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
- ^ a b "Govt scraps contractual appointments of 11 secretaries". The Daily Star. 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-29.