Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb is a Bangladeshi author, columnist, technology architect and currently holds the title of Special Assistant with the status of a

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. He is currently in charge of the

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Early life

Taiyeb was born in 1982 in Banduain village, Khila Union,

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. He completed his secondary education at Ideal School and College in 1997, and his higher secondary education at

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in 1999. In 2005, he earned his bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from

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. He completed his MBA at the

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in 2007.

Career

In November 2023, Taiyeb wrote ''Bangladeshis Look to the US for Restoration of Democracy'' for

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. Taiyeb has worked in numerous positions and roles. Before starting his work as the special assistant to the Chief Advisor on 5 March 2025, he was in charge of the policy advisor of Co-ordination and Reform of Information and Communication Technology Division. He is an author and columnist and has also been working as lead technology architect at

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in the

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. He has also been active in the blogging community. During his tenure as the Policy Advisor of the ICT Division, several questionable and unnecessary projects have been paused and suspended. Taiyeb has worked to modify the Cyber Security Ordinance in January and has worked to remove 9 vexatious laws that were used by the previous government to harass and arrest citizens. Taiyeb defended new satellite internet guidelines on

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, asserting that they do not allow government-imposed internet shutdowns following a report by The Daily Star. However, The Daily Star countered his claim, citing legal provisions that enable shutdowns through local internet gateways, sparking public debate over internet freedom in Bangladesh. Taiyeb has worked later on to ensure no government can shut down the internet legally, as relevant laws are being amended. He has also worked to launch

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in Bangladesh and made necessary changes to ensure that the starlink operations will not hamper data sovereignty. He has also worked to reduce the import duty on raw materials for e-bikes, lithium batteries from 80% to 1%.

Books

* ''চতুর্থ শিল্পবিপ্লব ও বাংলাদেশ (Fourth Industrial Revolution and Bangladesh)'', 2020, * '' বাংলাদেশঃ অর্থনীতির ৫০ বছর (Bangladesh: 50 years of economy)'', 2021, * ''অপ্রতিরোধ্য উন্নয়নের অভাবনীয় কথামালা (Incredible narratives of overwhelming development)'', 2022, * ''উন্নয়ন প্রশ্নে বাংলাদেশের কিছু সংকট ও সম্ভাবনা (Some crises and possibilities of Bangladesh in the development question)'', 2022, * ''বাংলাদেশের পানি, পরিবেশ ও বর্জ্য (Water, environment and waste management of Bangladesh)'', 2022, * ''ক্ষুদ্রঋণ, শিক্ষা, বেকারত্ব ও বিসিএস (Microcredit, Education, Unemployment and BCS)'', 2024, * ''উন্নয়নের নীতি ও দর্শন (Principles and Philosophy of Development)'', 2024, * ''Bangladesh Development Trajectory And Democracy Deficit'', 2024, * ''বন্ধু রাষ্ট্র (Friendly Nation)'', 2025,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taiyeb, Ahmad, Faiz Living people 1982 births People from Comilla District Bangladeshi male writers 21st-century Bangladeshi writers 21st-century Bangladeshi male writers Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni University of Dhaka alumni Yunus interim government Yunus interim government advisors Bangladeshi engineers Electronics engineers