Mufleh R. Osmany
Mufleh R. Osmany (Bengali: মুফলেহ আর ওসমানী) is a former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh and Diplomat.[1] He is the President of Anjuman Mufidul Islam.[2] He is a former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations and other Offices in Geneva.[3] He is a former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada.[3] His cousin, Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmani, was the first Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Army.[4]
Early life and family[edit]
Osmany was born into a Bengali Muslim descended from Shah Nizamuddin Osmani, a 14th-century associate of Shah Jalal who had participated in the Conquest of Sylhet. His ancestral village is in Dayamir Union within Osmani Nagar Upazila of Sylhet District, Bangladesh.
Career[edit]
Osmany served as the Principal of the Foreign Service Academy from 1983 to 1984.[5]
Osmany served as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations and other Offices in Geneva in 1991 and 1992.[6][7]
From 13 December 1993 to 9 February 1995, Osmany served as the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8]
In 2006, Osmany edited Religious militancy and security in South Asia with Shaheen Afroze.[9] He was the chairman of the Board of Governors of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies from 2003 to 2008.[10][11][12] He wrote Global War on Terror: Bangladesh Perspective with Mohammad Humayun Kabir in 2007.[13]
In 2008, Osmany edited the Whither national security, Bangladesh while working at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.[14] He also published Democracy, Governance, and Security Reforms in 2008.[15]
Osmany is an advisor of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute.[16] He is a Professor and Chair of the Dr. Rashid Chair at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.[3] He is a member of Gulshan Society.[17]
References[edit]
- ^ Asia Pacific Defense Forum. Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. 1994.
- ^ "About Us | Anjuman Mufidul Islam". anjumanmibd.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ a b c "Mufleh R. Osmany | The University Press Limited". www.uplbooks.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmani (Bangabir) - youngest Major in British Indian Army, promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in newly formed Pakistan Army - biography of Muslim and Bengali". Londoni. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Third review of the conference" (PDF). docs-library.unoda.org. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ IWGIA Newsletter. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. 1992. p. 9.
- ^ "Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Religious militancy and security in South Asia / edited by Mufleh R. Osmany, Shaheen Afroze". Islamic University of Technology Library. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Religious extremism, poverty, political culture barring democratisation in Bangladesh". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Local News on Bangladesh". sdnbd.org. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ Staff Correspondent (2008-03-13). "Develop tools to combat extremism". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Understanding Bangladesh's experience with militancy". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Whither national security, Bangladesh, 2007 /edited by Mufleh R. Osmany. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ Osmany, Mufleh R.; Afroze, Shaheen (2008). Democracy, Governance, and Security Reforms: Bangladesh Context. Academic Press and Publishers Library. ISBN 978-984-08-0228-9.
- ^ "Welcome to Ibrahim Cardiac [Hospital & Research Institute]". www.ibrahimcardiac.org.bd. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Welcome - Gulshan Society". www.gulshansociety.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.