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Musammat Nazmanara Khanum

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ123961231 ↗
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Musammat Nazmanara Khanum is a Bangladeshi retired government official and former secretary of the Ministry of Food. She is currently a member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.

Early life

Khanum was born in June 1962 in Jessore District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. She has a bachelors in agriculture and a masters in plant pathology. She did her PhD in food nutrition from Japan.

Career

Khanum joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1989. She served as an assistant commissioner and Upazila Nirbahi Officer.

Khanum was the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Naogaon District in 2010. She served as the Divisional Commissioner of Sylhet Division. She was the first woman Divisional Commissioner of Bangladesh.

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