{{Infobox person | name = Mahbuba Farzana | image = File:Official Portrait of Mahbuba Farzana (Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Bangladesh).jpg | alt = | caption = Mahbuba Farzana | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Mahbuba Farzana''' is the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 January 2025 |title=Info Sec assures of taking efforts for journalists' welfare |url=https://www.bssnews.net/news/241096 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Media reform after commission's report: Adviser Nahid - |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/499727 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Daily Observer}}</ref> She previously worked for the Skills For Employment Investment Program, financed by the Asian Development Bank.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=April 2022 – Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry |url=https://bwcci-bd.org/2022/04/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Background |url=https://sicip.gov.bd/about-us/background/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=SICIP {{!}} Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Program |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Farzana joined the 13th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 October 2024 |title=Mahbuba Farzana made info secretary |url=https://www.newagebd.net/post/country/248538/mahbuba-farzana-made-info-secretary |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=New Age (Bangladesh)}}</ref>
In 2023, Farzana was the gender and development specialist and joint secretary at the Skills For Employment Investment Program Project of the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travel Order for Ms. Mahbuba Farjana, Joint Secretary, Gender and Social Development Specialist, SEIP Project of Bangladesh to Visit Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj |url=https://sicip.gov.bd/notices/travel-order-for-ms-mahbuba-farjana-joint-secretary-gender-and-social-development-specialist-seip-project-of-bangladesh-to-visit-saudi-arabia-to-perform-hajj/ |access-date=24 February 2025 |website=Skills For Employment Investment Program}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Farzana was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in October 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Information and broadcasting ministry gets new secretary |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/information-and-broadcasting-ministry-gets-new-secretary-974476 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> She was serving as an Officer on Special Duty, rank of Additional Secretary, at the Ministry of Public Administration.<ref name=":1" /> She was promoted to secretary before her appointment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Info Ministry gets new Secy - |url=https://www.observerbd.com/news/496440 |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Daily Observer}}</ref> She defended the Media Reform Commission of the government and told the UNESCO and United Nations Development Programme that the government was not imposing the reforms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Extended holiday for educational institutions during Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/extended-holiday-for-educational-institutions-during-ramadan-eid-ul-fitr |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tahana |first=Jamie |date=2025-01-29 |title=Reform and transformation plans at several broadcasters {{!}} The PMA Briefing |url=https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/reform-and-transformation-plans-at-several-broadcasters-the-pma-briefing/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Public Media Alliance |language=en-GB}}</ref> She chaired the closing ceremony of Youth Festival-2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BSS |date=2025-02-20 |title=Youth emerged through uprising will influence the state for at least 2 decades: Nahid |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/87gs7cp0dr |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Prothomalo |language=en}}</ref>
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