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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = ABM Amin Ullah Nuri
| native_name                = এ বি এম আমিন উল্লাহ নুরী
| office             = [[Road Transport and Highways Division]]
| title              = [[Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh|Secretary]]
| termstart           = 4 June 2022
| termend             = 14 August 2024
| predecessor         = Md. Nazrul Islam
| succeeded           = [[Md. Ehsanul Haque]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1965|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place         = Juldha, [[Chittagong District]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan {{small|(present-day [[Karnaphuli Upazila]], Bangladesh)}}
| nationality         = [[Bangladeshi]]
| alma_mater          = [[University of Dhaka]]
| occupation          = Government employee
| minister            = [[Obaidul Quader]]
}}
'''ABM Amin Ullah Nuri''' is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Secretary of the [[Road Transport and Highways Division]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Govt's directions to ensure safety of homebound people, sale of sacrificial animals {{!}} Top News |url=https://www.bssnews.net/news/top-news/194878 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=BSS}}</ref> He is a former chairman of [[Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=29 May 2021 |title=BGMEA urges to construct culvert at Sarkar Bari |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/555386 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref>
Nuri is the former chief executive officer of the [[Dhaka South City Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-02 |title=DSCC removes 74 tons of waste from Panthapath Box Culvert |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/environment/dscc-removes-74-tons-waste-panthapath-box-culvert-180013 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Amin Ullah Nuri was born on 1 January 1965 in Juldha village of [[Karnaphuli Upazila]] of Chittagong. His father was Mohammad Abdun Noor and mother was Maryam Begum. He obtained B.S. (Hons.) in 1987 and M.S. in 1988 from the Department of Political Science, [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name="আরটিএইচডি সিভি">{{cite web |title=এ বি এম আমিন উল্লাহ নুরীর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত |lang=bn | url=http://rthd.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/060db93b-e66f-4858-89bb-0eede760f7c6 |website=RTHD |access-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207164009/http://rthd.portal.gov.bd/site/biography/060db93b-e66f-4858-89bb-0eede760f7c6 |archive-date=7 December 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career==
In 2020 after [[Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh]] became mayor of [[Dhaka South City Corporation]], he appointed Nuri Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=ABM Aminullah Noori new Rajuk chairman - - observerbd.com |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=309677 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Daily Observer}}</ref>
Nuri was appointed chairman of [[Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha]] in April 2021 replacing acting chairman Sayeed Hasan Sikder, who held the post after the retirement of [[Mohammad Sayeed Noor Alam]].<ref name=":1" />
Nuri promised to remove brokers from [[Bangladesh Road Transport Authority]] and focus on digitalizing services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-16 |title=BRTA will be made completely broker free: Road transport secy |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/jhnhtfhbbz |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref> He oversaw the introduction of new curriculum of commercial drivers education that sought to reduce sexual harassment.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 December 2022 |title=New curriculum for drivers to stop sexual harassment |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/299872/new-curriculum-for-drivers-to-stop-sexual |access-date=28 August 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref>
In May 2021, Nuri met with a delegation from [[Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association]] (BGMEA) who requested Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha repair and improve roads connecting sector-12 of [[Uttara (town)|Uttara]] to BGMEA headquarters.<ref name=":0" /> On 20 December 2021, he was promoted to secretary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-20 |title=Five officials promoted to secretary |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/government/five-officials-promoted-to-secretary |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref>
Nuri blamed the contractor for a collapse of a girder of an under construction elevated expressway of the [[Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit|Bus Rapid Transit]] project that resulted in fatalities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘Contractor company is 100% responsible for Uttara accident’ |url=https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/english/national/75779 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Daily Bangladesh |language=en}}</ref> He worked with [[Obaidul Quader]], [[Minister of Road Transport and Bridges]], to award contract for 137 buses for Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit to their preferred contractor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=রহমান |first=আরিফুর |date=2024-08-29 |title=১৩৭ বাস কেনা নিয়ে কারসাজি, নেপথ্যে সাবেক মন্ত্রী-সচিব |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/kx1cy46fbs |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref> He and Monjur Hossain, Secretary of Bridges Division, blamed pedestrian and commuters for increasing road fatalities in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-23 |title=Like failures, successes also there in containing anarchy on road: Ministry |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/cnr2i6yxbl |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref> He oversaw the opening of the first metro rail of Bangladesh, [[Dhaka Metro Rail]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Digital |date=2022-12-28 |title=PM opens country's first metro rail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/special-events/dhaka-metro-rail-opening/news/pm-opens-countrys-first-metro-rail-3207081 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hasan |first=Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary, Wasim Bin Habib, Rashidul |title=Bangladesh’s Metro dream rolls into reality |url=https://asianews.network/bangladeshs-metro-dream-rolls-into-reality/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=asianews.network |language=en-US}}</ref>
Nuri was reappointed Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division on a contracted on 26 June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=ABM Amin Ullah Nuri reappointed as secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/abm-amin-ullah-nuri-reappointed-secretary-road-transport-and-highways-division-885281 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> He was given a contractual appointment along with [[Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah]], principal secretary of Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PM Principal Secy Tofazzel Hossain, Road Division Secy ABM Amin Ullah's tenure extended |url=https://bfirst.news/news/6592/pm-principal-secy-tofazzel-hossain-road-division-secy-abm-amin-ullahs-tenure-extended |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=bfirst.news |language=en}}</ref> His contractual appointed was cancelled after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with 10 other secretaries.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-15 |title=Govt scraps contractual appointments of 11 secretaries |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/govt-scraps-contractual-appointments-11-secretaries-3677541 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The ten others are K. M. Abdus Salam, Khairul Islam, [[Lokman Hossain Miah]], [[Md. Mokammel Hossain]], Md. Humayun Kabir, Md. Ali Hossain, [[Satyajit Karmaker]], and [[Wahida Akter]].<ref name=":2" />
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