Golam Md Hashibul Alam is a Bangladeshi Civil Servant and senior Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[1][2]

Early life edit

Hasibul Alam was born in 1964 in Nilphamari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[3] He is married to Sharmin Amin Choudhury. He completed his master's in English Literature from the University of Dhaka.[3]

Career edit

Hasibul Alam joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as an administration cadre in 1989 and started as a land commissioner.[3][4] He held a number of field level administration posts including Land Acquisition Officer and Upazila Nirbahi Officer.[3][5] He served as Senior Assistant Secretary at the Economic Relations Division.[3][6] He is a former Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Patuakhali District in 2011 where he oversaw removal of illegal structures from Kuakata Beach.[3][7]

On 18 December 2013, Hasibul Alam was transferred from Officer on Special Duty to the Economic Relations Division as Joint Secretary.[3][8]

Hasibul Alam joined the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education as an additional secretary.[3] He worked at International Fund for Agricultural Development as its country resource officer on deputation from the Government of Bangladesh.[3] On 25 October 2020, Hasibul Alam was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.[9][10] He had been serving as the Chairman of the National Skills Development Authority.[11] On 10 February 2021, Alam announced plans to vaccinate all primary school teachers in Bangladesh within one week.[12] In September 2021, numerous media reports alleged officers of the Ministry were transferring because of Hasibul Alam's behavior problems.[13] The minister, Md Zakir Hossain, defended Hasibul Alam in a joint press conference with him.[13]

On 13 February 2022, Hasibul Alam was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[14] He was the chief guest at the World Meteorological Day-2022 summit in Dhaka.[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Defence Secretary Golam Md. Hasibul Alam presides over a meeting organised when the participants in Armed Forces War Course visit the Defence Ministry in the city on Thursday. ISPR photo". The New Nation. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ^ "প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম". Newsbangla24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Golam Md. Hashibul Alam" (PDF). nsda.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ Correspondent, A. A. "Hasibul Alam joins as new Defence Secretary | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ^ "প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হিসেবে যোগ দিলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ^ BonikBarta. "প্রতিরক্ষা সচিব হিসেবে যোগ দিলেন হাসিবুল আলম". প্রতিরক্ষা সচিব হিসেবে যোগ দিলেন হাসিবুল আলম. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ^ Correspondent, Our; Patuakhali (2011-10-10). "Kuakata beach cleansing drive finally begins". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ^ Chowdhury, Moinul Hoque; Ahmed, Shamim; bdnews24.com. "16 OSDs get job, 2 Jt Secy made OSD". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Primary and Mass Education Ministry gets new secy". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "প্রাথমিক ও গণশিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  11. ^ Harun or Rashid. "Golam Hasibul Alam appointed as Primary and Mass Education Secretary | Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)". Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  12. ^ sun, daily. "Primary teachers to be vaccinated within 7 days | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  13. ^ a b "'আমার সচিব খারাপ নয়, তার কারণে কেউ চলে যায়নি'". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  14. ^ "Hasibul Alam joins as secretary, ministry of defence". The Business Standard. 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  15. ^ "World Meteorological Day-2022". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-03-25.