Begum Kamrun Nahar is a former Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She was the first woman in Bangladesh to become Principal Information Officer. She is a former Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.

Early life

Nahar was born in

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria District () is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Gangetic Plain. It is bounded by the districts of Kishoreganj District, Kish ...

. She completed her master's from the Social Welfare and Research Institute of the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

in 1983. She has a diploma is journalism from the

Press Institute of Bangladesh Press Institute of Bangladesh or PIB is an autonomous national research institute that provides training to Journalists and carries out research on mass media and journalism in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faruk Wasif is the pr ...

Career

In 1984, Nahar joined Bangladesh Civil Service as administration cadre. Nahar was appointed the Principal Information Officer at the

Press Information Department Press Information Department or PID, is a government body responsible for disseminating government information to the media and a media regulatory organization. It is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republi ...

in February 2017. She was the first women to hold the position of Principal Information Officer. Before that she was the Director General of Department of Films and Publications and Directorate of Mass Communication. She was the former Director General of

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. She is a former Vice-Chairman of

Bangladesh Film Censor Board The Bangladesh Film Certification Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of films and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Predecessor The Bangladesh Film Censor Board board was set up in 1977 following the framing of B ...

. On 25 January 2019, Nahar was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs. On 30 December 2019, Nahar was transferred from the post of Secretary of Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to Secretary of Information and Broadcasting. In November 2020, Nahar went on Post-Retirement Leave while serving as Secretary at the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Khaja Mia replaced her as the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Personal life

Nahar is married to Khandakar Anowarul Islam, former

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. They have two children. In June 2020, she contacted COVID-19 during the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nahar, Begum Kamrun Living people Bangladeshi civil servants Bangladeshi women civil servants People from Brahmanbaria district Year of birth missing (living people)