Waliul Islam is a retired secretary and the chairman of the board of trustees of Gono Bishwabidyalay.[1][2] He is the chairperson of Social Marketing Company. He is a former director of Dhaka Stock Exchange.[3] He was the secretary of the Ministry of Shipping.[4]
Islam was the secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division of the Ministry of Planning.[5] He contributed to the Bangladesh Liberation War while serving as the Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Magura District.[6]
Career
editIslam joined the Central Superior Services of Pakistan in 1967.[7] He had welcomed Ziauddin M. Choudhury to the civil service who had arrived to Jessore as an apprentice.[8] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he served as the Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Magura District.[9] He contributed to the war with other civil servants such as Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury who wrote an account of that time in his book Chariot of Life.[9] He was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Jessore District in December 1971.[10]
Islam had served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Communication, Ministry of Shipping, and the Statistics and Informatics Division.[7] He was the Director General of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.[7]
Islam chaired the first meeting of the Greater Noakhali Officers’ Forum 13 December 1996 at the BCS Administration Academy and attended by A. B. M. Abdus Sakur, A. S. M. Shahjahan, and Md. Faiz Ullah.[11] On 4 January 2000, he attended the opening ceremony of Victory '71 monument in Jessore along with Ali Reza Raju, Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee, and Khan Tipu Sultan.[12]
In 2005, Islam was the Health Management & Financing Advisor of the NGO Service Delivery Project.[13]
Islam was appointed an independent director of Dhaka Stock Exchange in 2014 under Justice Siddiqur Rahman.[14] He retired from the Dhaka Stock Exchange in February 2020.[15]
On 7 September 2021, Islam was electecd chairman of the board of Social Marketing Company.[7] He was a member of the trustee board of Gono Bishwabidyalay.[16] In May 2024, Islam was fined 1.6 million BDT by Judge Alauddin Akbar for SMC selling electrolyte drink without authorization from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution.[17] He also secured bail in the case which was filed by Kamrul Hasan, inspector of Bangladesh Food Safety Authority.[17]
Islam was elected chairman of the board of trustees of Gono Bishwabidyalay on 31 August 2024.[1] He replaced Dr. Serajul Islam Choudhury.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Waliul Islam made BoT president of GB". New Age. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Allocate 10pc of budget to health". The Daily Star. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "DSE gets new chairman". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "Md. Rezaul Karim, Chairman of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh, presiding over its 36th AGM at a city club on Saturday. Waliul Islam, former Secretary of Ministry of Shipping among others were also present". The New Nation. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Report of Survey on Prevalence of Morbidity, Treatment Status, Treatment Expenditures, Fertility, Immunization and Smoking, July 1997. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division, Ministry of Planning. 1999. pp. iii. ISBN 978-984-508-346-1.
- ^ "The Mujibnagar Government and civil servants' role". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ a b c d "MR. WALIUL ISLAM GRACED SMC LEADERSHIP AS ITS NEW CHAIRMAN". smc-bd.org. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Choudhury, Ziauddin (September 2009). "Jessore Days". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ a b "A life beyond life: An appreciation of Chariot of Life". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Paul, Priyam Pritim (2024-03-26). "Administrative dynamics in 1971's War of Liberation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "About". Greater Noakhali Officers’ Forum. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Rahman, Atiar (2000-01-04). "Jessore liberation memorial Victory '71 opens". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ Monitoring the Implementation of Bangladesh's Development Policies: Civil Society Review Reports 2003. Centre for Policy Dialogue, University Press. 2005. p. 161. ISBN 978-984-05-1739-8.
- ^ "New DSE chairman elected". Dhaka Tribune. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Kawser, Rumi (24 February 2020). "Eunusur Rahman elected new DSE chairman". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Board of Trustees – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ a b "SMC board chairman fined Tk16 lakh over unauthorised sales". The Business Standard. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-09-01.