Akbar Ali Khan (economist)

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Akbar Ali Khan
আকবর আলি খান
British India
Died8 September 2022(2022-09-08) (aged 77–78)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
EducationPhD
Alma mater
OccupationEconomist

Akbar Ali Khan (1944 – 8 September 2022)

C M Shafi Sami and Sultana Kamal on the grounds of dissatisfaction with President Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed caretaker government. According to them, there was no scope to contribute in the caretaker government to create a congenial atmosphere for holding a free and fair election.[3] In October 2007, the Government of Bangladesh
constituted a Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) with him as the chair.

Early life and education

Khan was born in

sub-division of the-then Comilla district. He attended Nabinagar Pilot High School. He passed I.Sc. from Dhaka College in 1961. He then studied history at the University of Dhaka and completed his bachelor's and master's from there in 1964 and 1965 respectively, with first class, topping the list on both the occasions. Before joining the then Civil Services of Pakistan he served as a teacher in BUET for some time. After a foundation course at the Civil Service Academy in Lahore (1967–68), he was posted as the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of now defunct sub-district Habiganj in 1969. His uncle Yakub Ali Khan was a former Gov High official.[4]

Career

During Bangladesh liberation war

Khan actively participated in the

Calcutta) to join the government. There he began working at the Cabinet division as a deputy secretary. Later, in August, he was transferred to the Defense Ministry.[4]He was sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment in absentia by a Pakistan military court for his active participation in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[5]

After 1971

After the independence of Bangladesh in the December 1971, Akbar Ali Khan was appointed in the Establishment Ministry of the government of Bangladesh. He worked there for six months and helped in the rehabilitation of the freedom fighters and also people who came back from Pakistan. From there he was transferred to the Education Ministry. In 1973 he decided to retire to take up teaching again as the profession. Although he submitted his resignation,

Queen's University, Canada for PhD in economics. Upon his return to Bangladesh in 1979, he was shortly promoted to associate professor
of the Jahangirnagar University. However, eventually, he left teaching and returned to Bangladesh Civil Service.

In 1984, he joined the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) as a member of the directing staff (MDS). Thereafter, until 1987, he worked at the Rural Development Board, in the Water Resource Ministry and in the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. Later he was appointed in the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C. as its economic minister.

After completion of his tenure in Washington, Dr. Khan returned home and joined the Banking Division of the Finance Ministry as an Additional Secretary. During the period he re-organized

BASIC Bank
.

He worked in the Environmental Ministry before his promotion as a permanent secretary to the government in 1993.[4] In the capacity of Secretary, Internal Resources Division, he worked as the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue until 1995.[4] Between 1995 and 2001, he worked as the Finance Secretary of the country.[4] As finance secretary he opposed the purchase of BNS Bangabandhu due to financial condition of Bangladesh.[6] He was overruled by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[6] As he retired, government chose to nominate him as Alternative Executive Director of the World Bank, Washington where he served until 2005.[4]

Dhaka University scandals

During the period of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Prime Ministership, a scandal arose in the Dhaka University teachers about being

Rajakar
or not. As the Prime Minister asked the Education Minister to make an inquiry into the matter, he handed it over to Khan. Khan was apprehensive about this investigation as the law rejects the investigation which was not enough to cover it. So he filed an investigation as he was ordered and provided a note mentioning about his opposing points. Perusing his note of dissent, President Abu Sayeed Chowdhury asked the Education Minister to convince Prime Minister about Khan's points. In this connection, Dr. Khan said, "Every time I did not like or felt something that was against the law, I gave written notes, and in most cases, my experience is saying it was bound to be accepted".[4]

Last activities

Retiring from World Bank, Khan established Centre for Government Studies at the

BRAC University. He worked there as a visiting professor. He became a public face as he appeared in different TV Talk Shows to explain the current political and economic situation of the country. Besides, he did research on the historic and economic process of the country.[4] On 30 October 2007, Khan was appointed the chairman of the Regulatory Reform Commission to modernise old and ineffective laws of the country.[7]
However, he resigned from the post of Chairman of Regulatory Reforms Commission on 16 October 2009 citing the cause that the government is not co-operating with the work of the commission.[8] Khan served as a trusty board member of Transparency International Bangladesh since 2013.[9]

Death

When Akbar Ali Khan fell ill, he was being taken to the Evercare Hospital Dhaka but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Doctors declared him dead at 10:50 pm on 8 September 2022 after an ECG.[1][10]

Bibliography

  • Abak Bangladesh Bichitra Chhalanajale Rajneeti
  • Pararthaparatar Arthaneeti, In this book, he expressed the complex aspects of economic phenomenon in the lucid, unorthodox style of John Kenneth Galbraith.[4]
  • Ajab O Jabar-Ajab Arthaneeti
  • Gresham's Law Syndrome And Beyond
  • Friendly Fires, Humpty Dumpty Disorder, and Other Essays: Reflections on Economy and Governance in Bangladesh
  • Discovery of Bangladesh - Explorations into Dynamics of a Hidden Nation
  • Bangladesher Sattar Anwesha
  • Chabikathir Khonje: Natun Aloke Jibananander 'Banalata Sen'
  • Andhakarer Utsa Hate: Sahitya, Samaj, Paribesh O Arthaneeti Samparke Alor Sandhan
  • History of Bangladesh, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh published this book where he explored the historical and social emergencies of Bangladesh as well as the growth of Islam in the country.

References

  1. ^ a b প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "সাবেক তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের উপদেষ্টা আকবর আলি খান আর নেই". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ বাংলাদেশ সুস্পষ্টভাবে স্থায়ী ও স্থিতিশীল রাষ্ট্র [Bangladesh clearly a stable and permanent state]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 904". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Zakaria, A. K. M. (18 August 2007). "আকবর আলি খান:কর্মপ্রাণ মগ্নপ্রাণ". Chutir Dine, Prothom Alo. Vol. 412. pp. 4–6.
  5. ^ "Former advisor to caretaker govt Akbar Ali Khan passes away". The Business Standard. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Hasina, ex-navy chief chargesheeted". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ^ রেগুলেটরি রিফর্মস কমিশন গঠন: আকবর আলি খান চেয়ারম্যান. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 31 October 2007. p. 1. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Akbar Ali resigns as RRC chief". bdnews24.com. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Dr Akbar Ali Khan joins TIB Board of Trustees". The Daily Star. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  10. ^ "প্রখ্যাত অর্থনীতিবিদ আকবর আলি খান মারা গেছেন". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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