Martuza Ahmed Explained

Martuza Ahmed 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

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. He is a former magistrate of Dhaka City.

Ahmed has served as director of Bangladesh Betar.

Ahmed was the director of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments. He has been the additional secretary of the Cabinet Division.

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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 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 . 2022-03-17 . Daily Sun . en.
  2. News: bn:নতুন প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার মরতুজা আহমদ . https://www.banglatribune.com/national/284321/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6 . 2022-03-18 . Bangla Tribune . bn.
  3. News: Martuza Ahmed new CIC . 2022-03-17 . The Asian Age . Bangladesh . en.
  4. Web site: Welcome to Ministry of Information . 17 March 2022 . old.moi.gov.bd.
  5. News: 2018-01-19 . Martuza Ahmed made chief information commissioner . 2022-03-17 . Dhaka Tribune.
  6. News: 2018-01-19 . Martuza made Chief Information Commissioner . 2022-03-17 . The Daily Star . BSS . en.
  7. News: Bhattacharjee . Partha Pratim . 2021-06-14 . The republic of BUREAUCRATS! . 2022-03-18 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. News: bn:প্রান্তিকজনের তথ্য প্রাপ্তি নিশ্চিত করতে তথ্য অধিকার আইন করা হয়েছে: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার . https://news.priyo.com/e/669740 . 2022-03-18 . Priyo.com . bn.
  9. News: bn:তথ্য গোপন করলে গুজব ডালপালা ছড়ায়: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার . https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/তথ্য-গোপন-করলে-গুজব-ডালপালা-ছড়ায়-প্রধান-তথ্য . 2022-03-18 . Prothom Alo . bn.
  10. News: bn:'অবাধ তথ্যপ্রবাহ নিশ্চিত না হলে মৌলিক অধিকার সম্ভব নয়' . https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/273165/অবাধ-তথ্যপ্রবাহ-নিশ্চিত-না-হলে-মৌলিক-অধিকার-সম্ভব-নয় . 2022-03-18 . Jugantor . bn.
  11. News: Police must give info on DSA cases to Saad: Info Commission . 2022-03-17 . New Age . en.

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