Rasheda K Chowdhury

{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Rasheda K Chowdhury

|office = Advisor of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh

|president = Iajuddin Ahmed

|term_start = 12 January 2007

|term_end = 6 January 2009

|predecessor = Fazlul Haque (Acting)

|successor = Sheikh Hasina

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}

|birth_place = Sylhet, Bangladesh

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Independent

|nationality = Pakistani (1951–1971)
Bangladeshi (1971–present)

}}

Rasheda K Chowdhury ({{langx|bn|রাশেদা কে. চৌধুরী}}) is a Bangladeshi academic and Advisor of Caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.{{cite web|title=Under-18 girls must not be married off|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/no-circumstances-must-allow-marriage-under-18-girls-1347430|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en|date=19 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=NGOs may face tough action|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/ngos-may-face-tough-action-1226224|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=31 January 2017|language=en|date=19 May 2016}}

Career

In January 2017 she was elected president of Dhaka University's English Department Alumni Society.{{cite web|title=Rasheda Choudhury new EDAS President, Toufique Khalidi re-elected General Secretary|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/01/28/rasheda-chowdhury-new-edas-president-toufique-khalidi-re-elected-general-secretary|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=31 January 2017}} She is the Executive Director of the Campaign for Popular Education.{{cite web|title=Girls outperform boys in GPA-5, pass rate in PEC, JSC examinations|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/12/30/girls-outperform-boys-in-gpa-5-pass-rate-in-pec-jsc-examinations|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=31 January 2017}} She was the adviser of Primary and Mass education in the caretaker government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed.{{cite web|title=Schools force students to buy extra books|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/93269/Schools-force-students-to-buy-extra-books|work=Prothom Alo|accessdate=31 January 2017}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chowdhury, Rasheda K}}

Category:Living people

Category:Advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh

Category:Bangladeshi academics

Category:1951 births

{{Bangladesh-bio-stub}}