Sunil Kanti Bose

Sunil Kanti Bose is the former Secretary of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the former chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. During his term as chairman of the regulatory commission he blocked YouTube due to the controversial Innocence of Muslims film.

Career Bose joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1979.

Bose previously served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. The film portrayed Mohammad, the prophet of Islam, in a negative light. He established one megabyte per second as the standard broadband speed in Bangladesh. He called on the government to resolve licensing disputes with Grameenphone.

In 2015, Bose initiated reregistration of sim cards where information was missing from registration. He called on the government of Bangladesh to increase cyber security of the country. He signed an agreement for the procurement of Bangabandhu-1 satellite.

Bose was replaced by Shahjahan Mahmood as chairperson of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in September 2015.

In 2018, Bose pledged support for Awami League, along with 307 former bureaucrats, before the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh.