Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury

Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi zoologist, entomologist, and rights activists. He is the former chairman of the National River Conservation Commission. He is the chairman of the Centre for Governance Studies.

Early life Chowdhury was born in Datta Para, Shibchar Upazila, Madaripur District. He graduated from Dhaka College.

Chowdhury was the President of Zoological Society of Bangladesh.

In February 2022, Chowdhury, was appointed chairman of National River Conservation Commission. In September 2023, Chowdhury said interference from the government and lack of cooperation was making the commission ineffective. Chowdhury blamed Dipu Moni, Minister of Education and member of parliament, for getting the Chandpur District Commissioner and a Hilsa fish researcher removed. He called for the jailing of Atiqul Islam, Mayor of North Dhaka City, and Taqsem A Khan, managing director of Dhaka WASA, for failing in their duties to protect rivers. He also criticized the budget of 50 million BDT as being insufficient.