Martuza Ahmed
Martuza Ahmed (Bengali: মরতুজা আহমদ) is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and Chief Information Commissioner of the Information Commission.[1][2] He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[3]
Career[edit]
Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982 as part of a special batch.[4] He has served as the Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Noakhali Sadar Upazila.[4] He is a former magistrate of Dhaka City.[4]
Ahmed has served as Director of Bangladesh Betar.[4]
Ahmed was the Director of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments.[3] He has been the Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Division.[4]
On 19 January 2019, Ahmed was appointed the chief information commissioner of the Information Commission replacing M Golam Rahman.[5][6] At the time of his appointment, he was the Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha chairman.[3] He is responsible for ensuring citizens have access to government information and holding the government accountable.[7][8] In 2019, he said that lack of information was responsible for the spread of misinformation.[9] He linked access to information to citizens human rights in 2020.[10] On 8 March 2022, Ahmed ruled in favor of Saad Hammadi, human rights and Amnesty International activist, who sought information from Bangladesh police regarding cases filed under Digital Security Act.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ sun, daily. "Chief Information Commissioner Martuza Ahmed hands over their Annual Report-2020 to President Abdul Hamid at a programme at Bangabhaban in the capital on Tuesday. — PID PHOTO | Daily Sun |". daily sun. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ "নতুন প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার মরতুজা আহমদ". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ a b c "Martuza Ahmed new CIC | The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh". The Asian Age. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Welcome to Ministry of Information". old.moi.gov.bd. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Martuza Ahmed made chief information commissioner". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Bss, Dhaka (2018-01-19). "Martuza made Chief Information Commissioner". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (2021-06-14). "The republic of BUREAUCRATS!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "প্রান্তিকজনের তথ্য প্রাপ্তি নিশ্চিত করতে তথ্য অধিকার আইন করা হয়েছে: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার". প্রিয়.কম. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "তথ্য গোপন করলে গুজব ডালপালা ছড়ায়: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "'অবাধ তথ্যপ্রবাহ নিশ্চিত না হলে মৌলিক অধিকার সম্ভব নয়'". Jugantor. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "Police must give info on DSA cases to Saad: Info Commission". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-03-17.