Afia Akhter has been appointed as the first ever woman Deputy Commissioner (DC) in Rajshahi.
Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Dr. Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir congratulated the district's first woman DC Afia Akhter in his office on Saturday. She joined as the 127th Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Rajshahi on Sunday.
On October 30, in the notification of the Field Administration-2 Branch of the Ministry of Public Administration, Chittagong Zonal Settlement Officer Afia Akhter has been posted as the DC of Rajshahi District.
After 254 years of formation of Rajshahi district, this is the first time a woman has been appointed as a Deputy Commissioner. When the district was formed on 16 December 1769, Mr. CW Boughton Rouse was appointed as the first DC of the district. After that, no woman was appointed among the 126 DCs of Rajshahi in 254 years.
According to the information, Afia Akhter has joined the district as the first woman DC.
Afia Akhter was born in Jashore district. She passed SSC in 1993 from Jashore Government Girls High School. She passed HSC in 1995 and got admission in International Relations Department at Dhaka University.
There she obtained honors in 1998 and master's degree in 1999. After joining the admin cadre through 25th BCS, her first workplace was the Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner's office.
