Khuda Baksh Chowdhury

Khuda Baksh Chowdhury (born 15 August 1952) He served as special assistant with the status equivalent to a Minister of State of the Interim government of Bangladesh.

He also served as the senior police advisor in UNAMA from June 2008 to April 2010.

Education Chowdhury obtained B.A. (Hons.) in political science (enrolled in 1969) and M.A. in public administration from the University of Dhaka.

Career Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Police in 1979.

Chowdhury joined U.N. Administrative Mission UNTAES (United Nations Administration in Eastern Slavonia; part of Croatia now) in May 1996 and served the mission first as deputy sector chief and later sector chief of one of the two sectors of the mission. Few years later he joined UNMIBH (United Nations Mission in Bosnia Herzegovina), a monitoring mission, at Sarajevo in August 1999 and worked in the mission as deputy regional commander and regional commander, Sarajevo IPTF Region among a group of international civilian police officers. In 2001, he as a superintendent of police, would be promoted to inspector general in five years superseding many officers more senior than him.

Chowdhury was posted to CID as additional IGP on January 9, 2006. Chowdhury served as the president of Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) in 2006. He was posted as O.S.D. in January 2007 after successor neutral Fakhruddin Ahmed led caretaker government took office and retired voluntarily in July 2009.

Chowdhury worked as senior police advisor, UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan), as a UN staff member from June 2008 to April 2010. He was elected as the 1st chair of Senior Police Advisory Group (SPAG) of International Police Coordination Board (IPCB). He was given executive power over the Ministry of Home Affairs. Chowdhury resigned from the post on 24 December 2025.

Controversies 2004 Dhaka grenade attack case In 2007, after the military-backed government assumed office, fresh investigation into the case was launched on the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.

On 1 December 2024, high court acquitted Tarique Rahman, and 48 others in August 21 grenade attack cases. On 3rd September 2025, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court verdict.