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Bangladeshi politician

Martuza Ahmed (Bengali: মরতুজা আহমদ) is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and Chief Information Commissioner of the Information Commission. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Career

Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982 as part of a special batch. 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. 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. In 2019, he said that lack of information was responsible for the spread of misinformation. He linked access to information to citizens human rights in 2020. 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.

References

  1. "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. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  2. নতুন প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার মরতুজা আহমদ. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  3. ^ "Martuza Ahmed new CIC". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  4. ^ "Welcome to Ministry of Information". old.moi.gov.bd. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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  6. "Martuza made Chief Information Commissioner". The Daily Star. BSS. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
  7. Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (2021-06-14). "The republic of BUREAUCRATS!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  8. প্রান্তিকজনের তথ্য প্রাপ্তি নিশ্চিত করতে তথ্য অধিকার আইন করা হয়েছে: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার. Priyo.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  9. তথ্য গোপন করলে গুজব ডালপালা ছড়ায়: প্রধান তথ্য কমিশনার. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  10. 'অবাধ তথ্যপ্রবাহ নিশ্চিত না হলে মৌলিক অধিকার সম্ভব নয়'. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  11. "Police must give info on DSA cases to Saad: Info Commission". New Age. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
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