Mohammad Tareque
Mohammad Tareque is a former senior secretary of the Ministry of Finance and former Alternate Director of the World Bank.[1][2] He is the director of the Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management.[1]
Early life
[edit]Tareque was born in Bagerhat District.[3] His brothers were poet Mohammad Rafiq and Professor Mohammad Naser of the University of Rajshahi.[3] He did his bachelor's degree and masters at the University of Dhaka.[4] He did another masters in political economy and his PhD at Boston University.[4]
Career
[edit]Tareque worked as an Micro-economic Analysis Specialist at the Asian Development Bank.[4] He was the director of the Prime Minister's Office for five years.[4]
On 22 January 2007, Tareque was appointed the Finance Secretary of Bangladesh replacing Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury.[5][6] In 2008, he discussed offloading shares of three government entities, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, Bangladesh Railway, and Jamuna Bridge.[7] He had served under Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed.[8] He oversaw the spending of confiscated money from corruption suspects for the 100 Days Employment Generation programme.[9] He called for improvements in accounting in public sector to reduce wastage.[10] He oversaw probes against Grameen Bank, founded by Muhammad Yunus.[11] He served as the Finance Secretary till 31 July 2012 and was replaced by Fazle Kabir.[6]
Tareque is an independent director of Mutual Trust Bank.[12] He is the director of the Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management.[13] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, he called for contraction of monetary and fiscal policies to reduce inflation.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mohammad Tareque". The Daily Star. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Inflation is the biggest challenge: Muhith". The Daily Star. 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ a b "The poet who shook the Ershad regime". The Daily Star. 2023-08-12. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ a b c d "BIGM". www.bigm.edu.bd. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Draft report on Armed Forces' salary submitted to PM". The Daily Star. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ a b "Former Secretaries". Finance Division, Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Govt to offload stakes in road, rail entities". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Statement at the conclusion of an IMF mission to Bangladesh - Bangladesh | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Draft on 100-day rural jobs ready". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Public sector accounting 'needs updating'". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ Chang, Arlene (2011-01-12). "Bangladesh to Probe Microfinance Provider". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Mutual Trust Bank approves 10% cash dividend". The Daily Star. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Opinion | Growing rural-urban education divide". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ^ "Further contraction of monetary, fiscal policies needed to control inflation: Atiur Rahman tells BB". The Business Standard. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-12-30.