ABM Amin Ullah Nuri

ABM Amin Ullah Nuri
এ বি এম আমিন উল্লাহ নুরী
Road Transport and Highways Division
Senior Secretary
In office 4 June 2022 – 14 August 2024
Minister	Obaidul Quader
Preceded by	Md. Nazrul Islam
Succeeded by	Md. Ehsanul Haque
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-01) 1 January 1965 (age 59) Juldha, Chittagong District, East Pakistan, Pakistan (present-day Karnaphuli Upazila, Bangladesh)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Occupation	Government employee

ABM Amin Ullah Nuri is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division.^[1] He is a former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha.^[2]

Nuri is the former chief executive officer of the Dhaka South City Corporation.^[3]

Early life

Amin Ullah Nuri was born on 1 January 1965 in Juldha village of Karnaphuli Upazila of Chittagong. His father was Mohammad Abdun Noor and mother was Maryam Begum. He obtained B.S. (Hons.) in 1987 and M.S. in 1988 from the Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka.^[4]

Career

In 2020 after Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh became mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, he appointed Nuri Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.^[5]

Nuri was appointed chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha in April 2021 replacing acting chairman Sayeed Hasan Sikder, who held the post after the retirement of Mohammad Sayeed Noor Alam.^[5]

Nuri promised to remove brokers from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and focus on digitalizing services.^[6] He oversaw the introduction of new curriculum of commercial drivers education that sought to reduce sexual harassment.^[7]

In May 2021, Nuri met with a delegation from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) who requested Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha repair and improve roads connecting sector-12 of Uttara to BGMEA headquarters.^[2] On 20 December 2021, he was promoted to secretary.^[8]

Nuri blamed the contractor for a collapse of a girder of an under construction elevated expressway of the Bus Rapid Transit project that resulted in fatalities.^[9] He worked with Obaidul Quader, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges, to award contract for 137 buses for Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit to their preferred contractor.^[10] He and Monjur Hossain, Secretary of Bridges Division, blamed pedestrian and commuters for increasing road fatalities in Bangladesh.^[11] He oversaw the opening of the first metro rail of Bangladesh, Dhaka Metro Rail.^[12][13]

Nuri was reappointed Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contracted on 26 June 2024.^[14] He was given a contractual appointment along with Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah, principal secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[15] His contractual appointed was cancelled after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with 10 other secretaries.^[16] The ten others are K. M. Abdus Salam, Khairul Islam, Lokman Hossain Miah, Md. Mokammel Hossain, Md. Humayun Kabir, Md. Ali Hossain, Satyajit Karmaker, and Wahida Akter.^[16]

References

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3. "DSCC removes 74 tons of waste from Panthapath Box Culvert". The Business Standard. 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
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5. "ABM Aminullah Noori new Rajuk chairman - - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
6. "BRTA will be made completely broker free: Road transport secy". Prothomalo. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
7. "New curriculum for drivers to stop sexual harassment". Dhaka Tribune. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
8. "Five officials promoted to secretary". Prothomalo. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
9. "'Contractor company is 100% responsible for Uttara accident'". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
10. রহমান, আরিফুর (2024-08-29). "১৩৭ বাস কেনা নিয়ে কারসাজি, নেপথ্যে সাবেক মন্ত্রী-সচিব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
11. "Like failures, successes also there in containing anarchy on road: Ministry". Prothomalo. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
12. Report, Star Digital (2022-12-28). "PM opens country's first metro rail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
13. Hasan, Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary, Wasim Bin Habib, Rashidul. "Bangladesh's Metro dream rolls into reality". asianews.network. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
14. "ABM Amin Ullah Nuri reappointed as secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division". The Business Standard. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
15. "PM Principal Secy Tofazzel Hossain, Road Division Secy ABM Amin Ullah's tenure extended". bfirst.news. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
16. "Govt scraps contractual appointments of 11 secretaries". The Daily Star. 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-08-29.