Muhammad Nurul Huda

This article is about the former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police. For the Bangladeshi poet, see Mohammad Nurul Huda.

Muhammad Nurul Huda is a Bangladeshi police officer who served as the 17th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2000–2001.^[1] He is a columnist at The Daily Star.^[2][3] He worked as a consultant of the United Nations Development Programme.^[4]

Muhammad Nurul Huda
16th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police
In office 7 June 2000 – 6 November 2001
Preceded by	A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi
Succeeded by	Mudabbir Hossain Chowdhury

Career

Huda joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1970.^[5] He received training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an East Pakistan Police officer.^[6][7]

In 1994, Huda was made the National Law Enforcement Consultant of the United Nations Drug Control Programme in Dhaka.^[5] He served in that position till 1997.^[8]

From 7 June 2000 to 6 November 2001, Huda was the Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police.^[8] During the caretaker government led by chief advisor Latifur Rahman.^[9]

Huda retired as the Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in 2003.^[5]

Huda is a member of the advocacy group of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.^[5] In June 2024, he criticized the Bangladesh Police Service Association for posting a statement against journalists investigating corruption by police officers.^[8]