Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb

Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb (; ) (born 1982) is a Bangladeshi-Dutch author, columnist, technology architect, who previously held the title of Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh with the status of a Minister of State in Bangladesh. He was in charge of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. He completed his MBA at the University of Dhaka in 2007.

Career In November 2023 Taiyeb wrote Bangladeshis Look to the US for Restoration of Democracy for The Diplomat.

Taiyeb has worked in numerous positions and roles. Before starting his work as the special assistant to the Chief Advisor on 5 March 2025, and columnist and has also been working as lead technology architect at VodafoneZiggo in the Netherlands. 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 Facebook, 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. He has also worked to launch Starlink 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,