Iftekharuzzaman

Iftekharuzzaman is the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.

Early life Iftekharuzzaman completed high school in 1968 under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Jessore. did his undergraduate studies in economics from the University of Dhaka.

Career Iftekharuzzaman was a researcher and later research director at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies from 1982 to 1995.

Iftekharuzzaman was elected to the international board of directors of Transparency International in 2008, 2012, and 2015.

Iftekharuzzaman called the cancellation of World Bank loan for Padma Bridge an "acid test" for the government due to the Padma Bridge graft scandal in 2012. In 2014, he warned Bangladesh was on the way to becoming a kleptocracy.

In May 2015, Iftekharuzzaman was awarded the Global Partnership Forum for Social Accountability Award by the World Bank. In 2019, he called for policy reforms due to the abuse of power by VIPs. He called the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi in 2019 an "acid test" for the government.

Iftekharuzzaman is a trustee of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation and Bishwo Shahitto Kendro. He is a member of the Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh. He has criticized the government for failure to prevent large scale money laundering. In 2020, he criticized a provision of the budget that allowed black money (untaxed) to be legalized.

According to Transparency International Bangladesh and Iftekharuzzaman, the Anti Corruption Commission was acting under the influence of the Awami League and not as an independent body. He called for greater transparency in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.