Musammat Nazmanara Khanum is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former secretary of the Ministry of Food.[1] She is a member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.

Early life

Khanum was born in June 1962 in Jessore District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[2] She has a bachelors in agriculture and a masters in plant pathology.[2] She did her PhD in food nutrition from Japan.[3]

Career

Khanum joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1989.[2] She served as an assistant commissioner and Upazila Nirbahi Officer.[3]

Khanum was the Naogaon District Commissioner in 2010.[4] She served as the Sylhet Division Commissioner.[5] She was made the Director General of Directorate General of Food on 27 May 2019.[5]

On 19 December 2019, Khanum was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Food.[2] In April 2020, she stopped the Open Market Sale of subsidized essentials to stop the spread of COVID-19.[6] She introduced letter based grading food quality and hyenine in restaurants and cafes in Bangladesh.[7] She saw the import of 100 thousand ton of rice from Myanmar.[8]

In April 2022, Khanum visited the Centre for Food Policy of the City, University of London.[9] She is a member of the advisory board of the Japanese Universities Alumni Association in Bangladesh.[10] She was the president of the Bangladesh Civil Service Women Network.[11] She retired in May 2023.[12]

In May 2023, Khanum was appointed a member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission along with Helal Uddin Ahmed, Shafiqul Islam, and Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "No chance of food crisis amid corona pandemic : Dr Razzaque". The Business Standard. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Mosammat Nazmanara Khanum" (PDF). Ministry of Food. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Dr. Mosammat Nazmanara Khanum". GAIN. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Step up watch on militants, market". The Daily Star. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  5. 1 2 "Profile of Director General of Food" (PDF). Directorate General of Food. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "OMS of rice postponed". Daily Sun. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Govt to cancel restaurant license for substandard food | banglatribune.com". Bangla Tribune. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Bangladesh to buy Myanmar rice, putting aside Rohingya crisis". Yahoo Finance. 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  9. ↑ "Bangladesh Food Minister visits the Centre for Food Policy | City, University of London". www.city.ac.uk. 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  10. ↑ "Advisory Council". www.juaab-bd.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  11. ↑ "BCS Women Network demands early justice for UNO attack". New Age. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  12. ↑ "4 promoted to secretary, 5 more reshuffled - - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  13. ↑ "3 former secretaries, ex-DMP commissioner appointed PSC members". The Daily Star. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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