Civil Servent

Abu Zafar Obaidullah (1934–2001), a career civil servant by profession, was a first-rank poet of Bangladesh.

Born in Sylhet, newly appointed Finance Minister AMA Muhith obtained his BA honours in English Literature in 1954 and MA from Dhaka University in 1955. Muhith joined Pakistan Civil Service in the following year. During his service life he studied at Oxford University during 1957-58 and at Harvard University during 1963-64.

Akbar Ali Khan (Bengali: আকবর আলি খান) is a Bangladeshi economist and educationist who served as a bureaucrat until 2001. He was the SDO of Habiganj during the Bangladesh Liberation War, when he decided to join the war. Later he served as an official of theMujibnagar Government. After the independence he joined back the civil serviceand reached to the highest post of Cabinet Secretary and also worked as a university teacher.

Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda retired in 2000 from a highly distinguished 34-year civil service career in the Government of Bangladesh. In the course of his service career, he has held the highest executive positions in the Ministries of Water Resources and Finance (Banking Division). He also worked as the Managing Director of the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Bank with the status of a full Secretary to the Government an many more.