সর্ব-শেষ হাল-নাগাদ: ১st অক্টোবর ২০২১
U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh pays a courtesy visit to the PPP Authority
প্রকাশন তারিখ
: 2020-11-24
H.E. Mr. Earl R. Millar, Ambassador of the United States to Bangladesh paid a courtesy call to Ms. Sultana Afroz, Secretary to the Bangladesh government & CEO of the Public-Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) on 24 November 2020. He was accompanied by Mr. John Smith-Screen, Office Director-Economic Growth Office, USAID, American Embassy. Ms. Ferdousi Shahriar, Director-General of Americas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs also participated in the meeting.
Ms. Sultana Afroz CEO of PPP Authority, noted that Bangladesh could foresee much scope of collaboration between Bangladesh and USA. She acknowledged the outstanding contributions of the United States of America in Bangladesh’s economic and social development, climate change and combating terrorism and trafficking in persons. The US Ambassador also played a key role during the Covid pandemic in Bangladesh.
H.E. Mr. Earl Miller, U.S. Ambassador recognized the importance of public private partnership to leverage resources for undertaking mega projects. He also discussed the strong bilateral relations between the two countries.
A presentation outlining the roles, responsibilities and achievements of PPPA was given. Bangladesh has a pipeline of 79 projects of which 6 projects have started construction work. PPPA is supporting projects in various sectors, such as transportation, Food, Agriculture, Environment, tourism, health, housing and more.
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Muhammad Rafiqul Islam has been promoted to the rank of Secretary and appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Public Private Partnership (PPP) Authority under the Chief Adviser’s Office on 3rd December 2024. Before his new assignment, he served as an Additional Secretary in the Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh. As a member of the 13th batch of the prestigious BCS Administration Cadre Mr. Islam has more than 30 years of professional experience across diverse public sectors including Field Administrations, Anti Corruption Commission, Ministry of Industries, local governance, land reforms and energy and power. He made significant contributions in implementing local government policies and programs as the Chief Executive Officer (in-charge) of three Zila Parishads. Along with his current responsibility as the Secretary, Mr. Islam is also the Chairman of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) board of directors.
He possesses a robust and diverse academic background. Throughout his school years at the renowned Garuria high school of Barishal district, he maintained the topmost position in his class and later on completed higher secondary degree from Patuakhali Govt. College. Afterwards, he completed his bachelor and achieved B.Sc. in Agriculture (Hons), from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). He was awarded National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship from the Ministry of Science and Technology. Under the fellowship, Mr. Rafiqul completed his Masters in Agricultural Extension Education also from BAU concentrating on the role of agricultural education in agricultural development. In addition, he earned another post-graduate degree in Governance and Development with a focus on institutional reforms and sustainable governance from BRAC University funded through a scholarship provided by the Royal Dutch Emabssy in Dhaka. Finally, he went on to earn another MSc in Sustainable Futures from Greenwich University, London under the scholarship provided by the Ministry of Public Administration of the Government of Bangladesh where he acquired expertise in addressing global sustainability challenges. He authored two books titled “In Quest of Sustainable Futures” and “Measuring Your Carbon Footprints”.
During his long years in civil service, Mr. Islam travelled many foreign countries including China, Malaysia, Singapore, India, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Egypt and Turkey for the purpose of academic and professional development. He underwent a one-month long training on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) organized by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in 2007. He is married to Professor Shuvra Alam of BCS Education Cadre and father of two daughters. He was born in the village of Guria under the district of Barishal.
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মুহাম্মদ রফিকুল ইসলাম
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