Iftekharuzzaman is the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.[1]
Early life edit
Iftekharuzzaman completed his high school in 1968 under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore.[2] did his undergraduate studies in economics from the University of Dhaka.[2] He completed his graduate studies in economics from the Wrocław University of Economics.[2] He earned his PhD from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics.[2] His did his post doc research from the University of Tokyo in international relations from 1988 to 1989.[3]
Career edit
Iftekharuzzaman was a researcher and later research director at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies from 1982 to 1995.[2] From 1995 to 1999, Iftekharuzzaman was the executive director of Regional Centre For Strategic Studies in Sri Lanka.[2]
From 1991 to 2004, Iftekharuzzaman was the executive director of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation.[2] After leaving Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, he joined as the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh in September 2004.[2]
In October 2007, Iftekharuzzaman defended Transparence International Bangladesh report on corruption in non governmental organizations after it was attacked by Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh.[4]
Iftekharuzzaman was elected to the International Board of Directors of Transparency International in 2008, 2012, and 2015.[2] In January 2008, he was a panelist in a conference, BBC Bangladesh Sanglap, organized by BBC World Service Trust and BBC Bangla Service.[5]
Iftekharuzzaman called the cancellation of World Bank loan for Padma Bridge an "acid test" for the government due to the Padma Bridge graft scandal in 2012.[6] In 2014, he warned Bangladesh was on the way to becoming a kleptocracy.[7]
In May 2015, Iftekharuzzaman was awarded the Global Partnership Forum for Social Accountability Award by the World Bank.[3][8] In 2019, he called for policy reforms due to the abuse of power by VIPs.[9] He called the Murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi in 2019 an "acid test" for the government.[10]
Iftekharuzzaman is a trustee of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation and Bishwo Shahitto Kendro.[2] He is a member of the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.[11] He is a member of the Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.[3] He wrote Nuclear Non-Proliferation in India and Pakistan: South Asian, Perspectives and South Asian Security, Primacy of Internal Dimension.[12] He has criticized the government for failure to prevent large scale money laundering.[13] In 2020, he criticized a provision of the budget that allowed black money (untaxed) to be legalized.[14]
According to Transparency International Bangladesh and Iftekharuzzaman, the Anti Corruption Commission was acting under the influence of the Awami League and not as an independent body.[15] He called for greater transparency in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[16]
References edit
- ^ "Iftekharuzzaman". The Daily Star. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Iftekharuzzaman (Iftekhar Zaman)" (PDF). Transparency International Bangladesh. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ a b c sarwar. "Dr Iftekharuzzaman". Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "TIB says its study not applicable to all NGOs". The Daily Star. 2007-10-07. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2008-01-13). "AL, BNP against army role in governing process". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Padma Bridge Acid-test for the Government; World Bank cancellation…". Transparency.org. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Iftekharuzzaman (2014-01-01). "Corruption – Towards kleptocratic state capture". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Desk, City (2015-05-14). "Iftekharuzzaman of TIB gets WB award". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "VIP culture necessitates policy reform: Iftekharuzzaman". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Correspondent, D. U. (2019-04-23). "Nusrat's murder an 'acid test' for govt: Dr Iftekharuzzaman". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission: Indigenous Peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts experiencing Human Rights Violations - IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs". www.iwgia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Iftekharuzzaman | The University Press Limited". www.uplbooks.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "'Money laundering goes on because of a lack of political will'". The Business Standard. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Reza, Shameem. "Allowing black money whitening discriminatory, unconstitutional, graft-supportive: TIB". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "ACC under ruling party influence, says TIB". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "TIB seeks transparency in vaccine collection, distribution". TIB seeks transparency in vaccine collection, distribution | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.