Muhammad Iqbal (civil servant)
Muhammad Iqbal is a retired secretary and former director general of the Department of Narcotics Control.[1][2] He is a member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.[3][4] He served in a special committee to examine raising the age limit for entering the Bangladesh Civil Service.[5]
Early life
[edit]Iqbal finished his bachelors and master's in law at the University of Dhaka in 1979.[6]
Career
[edit]Iqbal joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986 as an admin cadre.[6]
Iqbal completed a Graduate Certificate in Applied Sciences in 1998 at the Charles Sturt University.[6]
While working at the Ministry of Establishment in September 2009, Iqbal was promoted to additional secretary.[7]
In November 2013, Iqbal was appointed director general of the National Institute of Population Research and Training.[6] He was serving as the director general of the Department of Narcotics Control.[1] He identified party and synthetic drugs as new threats to Bangladesh.[8]
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Iqbal was appointed member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government.[6] One of five reform commissions created by the new regime.[9] He was included in a special commission of the Ministry of Public Administration led by Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury to examine raising the maximum age limit for government jobs.[10] The commission recommended raising the age limit to 35 for men and 37 for women.[11] The Police reform commission recommended not considering political identity in police recruitment.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "'Drug syndicates more powerful than government'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Biography - Mr.Mohammad Iqbal". partners-popdev.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Govt finalises 5 of 6 reform commissions". The Daily Star. 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Govt constitutes 5 reform commissions". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Committee finds justification for raising age limit for job entry". jagonews24.com. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Who's on the Police Admin Reform Commission?". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Names of promoted government officials". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Smuggling of synthetic and 'party' drugs pose new challenge for India and Bangladesh". The Economic Times. 2012-10-04. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Govt constitutes five reform commissions". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Entry into public jobs: Govt may raise age bar to 32/33". The Daily Star. 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Age limit for govt job entry: 35yrs for men, 37 for women". The Daily Star. 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ "Police Reform Commission recommends not to consider political identity in police verification". Barta24. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2025-02-05.