Dhiraj Kumar Nath (January 9, 1945 – January 5, 2018[2]) was a Bangladeshi diplomat. He was named as an advisor of the interim caretaker government of Bangladesh in October 2006.[3][4][5]
Dhiraj Kumar Nath | |
|---|---|
ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ | |
| Minister of Liberation War Affairs | |
| In office 26 October 2006 – 11 January 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia Iajuddin Ahmed (acting) |
| Preceded by | Redwan Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | M. A. Matin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1945 Begumganj, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 5 January 2018 (aged 72)[1] Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | Chaumuhani Modonmohan High School University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Education and career
editNath was born in the Rafiqpur village of Begumganj thana of Noakhali district.[6] His father was the late Karuna Kanta Nath and mother the late Shabitri Sundari Debi.
He passed his entrance from Chaumuhani Modonmohan High School in 1960. He received his post-graduate degree in Commerce, Management from Dhaka University in 1966. He started his professional career as a professor at Noakhali Government College. He joined the East Pakistan Civil Service in 1969.[6] He took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[6] After the independence of Bangladesh he worked as the Mohokuma Proshashak (Sub-Divisional Officer) in Gazipur in 1978. He was the Additional Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry and Secretary of Rural Development, and Cooperative Division, from which he retired in 2003.[citation needed]
He was nominated as one of the advisers of the caretaker government along with nine other members.[3]
Nath also wrote some books, of which the famous ones are Pother Dudharay and Shompritir Jonopoday.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ সাবেক উপদেষ্টা ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ আর নেই. bdnews24.com (in Bengali).
- ^ সাবেক উপদেষ্টা ধীরাজ কুমার নাথ আর নেই. Jugantor (in Bengali).
- ^ a b "10 advisers sworn in". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 1 November 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ (10 December 2009) La santé, oubliée de Copenhague, Courrier International ((in French), translated from The Daily Star (Bangladesh)), Retrieved 11 November 2010 (editorial from Nath, starts with a biographical paragraph noting he was a leader in Health and Human Planning in the early 2000s, and a special advisor in 2006)
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810874534.
- ^ a b c সাবেক উপদেষ্টা ধীরাজ নাথ মারা গেছেন. BanglaNews24.com (in Bengali). 5 January 2018.
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