Members, Advisors & Taskforce:

• Rokia Afzal Rahman

President
Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (BFWE) &
Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

• Moazzem Hossain

Editor, The Financial Express

• Syed Fahim Munaim

CEO and Chief Editor

Massranga Television

Dhaka

• Shaukat Mahmood

Immediate Past President, National Press Club

• M A Momen

Former President
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI)

• Annisul Haq

Former President, FBCCI

• Inam Ahmed

Deputy Editor, The Daily Star

• Md. Abdur Rahim

Senior Legal Counsel - Middle East
Lafarge Building Materials Holding Egypt SAE

• M. Emamul Haque

Development Communication Expert

• Hasibur Rahman

Executive Director, MRDI

• Syed Ishtiaque Reza,

Director, News, Ekkatur Television

 

Sakiul Millat Morshed

Executive Director
Shikkha Shastha Unnayan Karjokram (SHISHUK)

• Dr. Baquirul Islam Khan

Project Manager
Grameen Shastho Sheba Prokalpa
A Project of Grameen Bank

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COORDINATORS OF MRDI

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• Sangram Singha, Senior  Staff Reporter, Daily Jugantor, Sylhet

• Mosharraf Hossain, District Correspondent, The New Nation, Mymensingh; Editor of Daily Ajker Khobor

• S M Habib, District Correspondent, Daily Bhorer Kagoj, Khulna, Correspondent ATN Bang Television

• Mabinul Islam Mobin, Editor, Daily Gramer Kagoj, Jessore

• Aminul Haq, Editor, The Weekly Alapon, Saidpur, Nilphamari

• Liton Bashar, Bureau Chief, Barisal Bureau Office, Daily Ittefaq

• Hasibur Rahman Bilu, Senior Staff Reporter, The Daily Star, Bogra

• M Nasirul Hoque, City Editor, Daily Suprabhat Bangladesh, Chittagong

• Mohsin Milon, Bureau Chief, Daily Inqilab, Benapol

• Sunil Dey, Staff Correspondent, Daily Sangbad, Rangamati

Pool of Resource Persons (External):

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Professionals

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• Professor Dr. Sadeka Halim

Information Commissioner, Information Commission, Bangladesh

• Syed Aminul Karim
  Member, National Board of Revenue
  
• Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya

Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue

• Dr. Mostafizur Rahman

Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue

• Dr. Fahmida Khatun

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue

• Dr. Uttam Kumar Deb

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue

• Dr. Khondaker Golam Moazzem

Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue

• Sajjad Zahir

Executive Director, Economic Research Group (ERG)

• M A Sattar Mandal

Professor
Department of Agriculture Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University

• Amulya Kumar Debnath

Director General, Central Procurement Technical Unit
IMED, Ministry of Planning

• Aftab Ahmad

Deputy Secretary, Statistics wing
Ministry of Planning

• A K M Fazlul Karim

Procurement Reform implementation Adviser
Central Procurement Technical Unit
IMED, Ministry of Planning

• Md. Aziz Taher Khan

Deputy Director, Central Procurement Technical Unit
IMED, Ministry of Planning

• Muhammad Farooq FCA

Partner
Howladar Yunus & Co.
Chartered Accountants

• Mohammad Idris, FCA

Principal, M. Idris & Co, Chartered Accountants.

• Goutam Chakraborty

Painter, Designer

• Tanjib-ul Alam

Advocate, Supreme Court

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Journalists

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• Hassan Shahriar

International President, Commonwealth Journalists’ Association (CJA)

• Martin Mulligan

Senior Sub-editor and writer, Financial Times, UK

• Robert Powell

Financial Journalist, BBC, UK

• Ralph Frammolino

Former Los Angles Times Reporter

• Elke Pickartz

Trainer, International Institute for Journalism (IIJ)
Berlin, Germany

• Farid Hossain

Bureau Chief, Associated Press (AP)

• Qurratul- Ain-Tahmina

Journalist and Trainer

• Amir Khasru

Bangladesh Correspondent, Voice of America (VoA)

• Sharier Khan

Deputy Editor, The Daily Star

• Zulfikar Ali

Planning Editor (Business & Economy), ATN Bangla

• Mir Attaqui Masruruzzaman

News Editor, Channel-i

• Ziaul Haq Swapan

News Editor, The Daily Star

• Reaz Ahmed

News Editor, The Daily Star

• Shamim A. Zahedy

Business Editor, Independent TV

• Shakhawat Liton

Senior Reporter, The Daily Star

• Shawkat Hossain Masum

Joint-news editor , Prothom Alo;

• Asjadul Kibria

Deputy Business Editor, Daily Prothom Alo

• Asish Saikat

Special Correspondent, Daily Prothom Alo

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Academics

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• Dr. Shahdin Malik

Director, School of Law, Brac University

• Dr. Sakhawat Ali Khan

Professor, Supernumerary, Department of Mass Communication & Journalism
University of Dhaka

• Dr. Sumaiya Khair

Professor, Department of Law, University of Dhaka

• Dr. Asif Nazrul

Professor, Department of Law, Dhaka University

• Fahmidul Haq

Assistant Professor, Mass communication and Journalism Department
University of Dhaka