Ziauddin M. Choudhury was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He spent his early school and college days in Narayanganj, Comilla, and Dhaka. He attended Dhaka University for his undergraduate degree, and Punjab University, Lahore for Master’s Degree. In later years, he attended Cornell University, New York, and American University, Washington DC for his graduate and post-graduate studies.
Ziauddin Choudhury joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1968 and spent his early civil service career as Sub-divisional Officer in Munshiganj and Manikganj of greater Dhaka district in 1971. After independence, he worked as a special assistant in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat under Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, for a brief period. From May 1972 to March 1974 he worked with Minister A.H.M. Kamaruzzaman as his Private Secretary. He returned later as Private Secretary to Minister Kamaruzzaman in March 1975 and worked till August 1975, when the Government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was violently overthrown by a coup. Ziauddin Choudhury continued his civil service career till 1981, working as Deputy Commissioner in two districts, Noakhali (August 1975- March 1978), and Chittagong (March 1978- August 1981). He left Bangladesh for higher studies in the US in late August, 1981. On completion of his studies in the US, Ziauddin Choudhury joined the World Bank in Washington DC. At the World Bank he initially worked on Bank operations in Nepal, and Sri Lanka. He later moved on to other areas of Bank activities including policy and research, resource management, and management of information and communication technology. In these areas he worked in different capacities including as project manager and advisor. Ziauddin Choudhury is the author of three Books—Assassination of Ziaur Rahman and Aftermath (University Press Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh); Fight for Bangladesh (Xlibris, Indiana, USA), and Forty Years of Bangladesh (Xlibris, Indiana, USA). The first book chronicles his eye witness experience of the circumstances both prior to and after the assassination of President Ziaur Rahman in Chittagong in May 1971 when he was Deputy Commissioner of the district. The second book is a collection of his experiences of 1971 war of independence as Sub-divisional Officer in two subdivisions of Dhaka that period. The third is a collection writings on progress and achievement of Bangladesh since independence. Ziauddin Choudhury is a regular contributor to various newspapers and magazines in Bangladesh including the Daily Star, Monthly Forum, and Dhaka Courier. AuthorArchivesNovember 2014 Categories |