Zakia Sultana

Zakia Sultana is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and senior secretary of the Ministry of Industries. She was the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Early life Sultana was born in 1968 in Singra Upazila, Natore District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. She completed her undergraduate and graduate studies in anatomy from the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research in 1989 and 1991 respectively.

In January 2021, Sultana was appointed chairman of Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council. She was returned to the Ministry of Industries. This happened after the incumbent, Md Mokbul Hossain, was sent into forced retirement.

Sultana signed an agreement with ICT Secretary Md Shamsul Arefin to improve supply chains. She was promoted to senior secretary on 27 October 2023. Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, she was sent into forced retirement.

Personal life Sultana is married to Md. Atiqul Islam, Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.