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Bangladeshi author
Masud Ahmed
is a retired bureaucrat and former
comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh
.
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He is an author and novelist.
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Early life
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Ahmed was born in 1955 in
Jamalpur District
, East Pakistan, Pakistan.
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Career
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Ahmed joined the Audit and Accounts Cadre of the
Bangladesh Civil Service
in 1981.
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He was stationed as assistant accountant general. He worked as the deputy accountant general.
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He served as the chief accounts officer of the
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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He served as the director of Defence Audit Directorate.
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He is a former managing director of
Bangladesh Freedom Fighter Welfare Trust
.
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Ahmed was the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Shipping.
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He served as the deputy secretary of the
Economic Relations Division
.
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As joint secretary, he was the member in charge of finance of the
Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority
.
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He is a former managing director of Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust.
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He is a former director general of
Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training
.
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He was the secretary of the
Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
.
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He served as a member of the
Bangladesh Planning Commission
.
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On 28 April 2013, Ahmed was appointed the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh.
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He oversaw the first performance audit of Bangladesh taking into consideration climate.
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He was a member of the 2017 search committee of the Bangladesh Election Commission.
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He served as the comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh till 26 April 2018.
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He was succeeded by
Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury
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Ahmed has published seven novels, 100 short stories, and wrote the story of eight television films.
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He won the Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq Literary Award for his writing.
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Indira Gandhi Culture Centre held an event on his songs in November 2015.
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