Islamic Foundation Bangladesh

The Islamic Foundation is focused on restoring institutional integrity and public trust under new leadership while combating misinformation and fraudulent recruitment scams.

Established 22 March 1975 by ordinance merging the Baitul Mukarram Society and the Islamic Academy; Act XVII of 1975 promulgated 28 March 1975. Operates under Ministry of Religious Affairs as an autonomous statutory body. Structure: 1 head office (Dhaka), 6 divisional offices, 64 district offices, 7 Imam Training Academy Centers, 29 Islamic Mission Centers. Staff count of 1,477 sourced from Wikipedia (sourced from official figures); Banglapedia records 17-member board of governors, secretary, 15 directors, and project director (press). DG A Salam Khan (full name: A Salam Khan, former Senior District and Sessions Judge, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3, Khulna; 18th BCS) appointed by Ministry of Public Administration on deputation, order dated 18 December 2024, took charge 22 December 2024 (sourced from New Age). Current Religious Affairs Minister: Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad (BNP, sworn in 17 February 2026 in Tarique Rahman cabinet). Annual budget figure not available in primary sources; Ministry of Religious Affairs MTBF document (mof.portal.gov.bd Grant No. 32) contains IFB line items but the PDF timed out during fetch. Imam training: 7 academies had trained 46,000+ imams by 2012 (Banglapedia). Mosque libraries: 18,900 established (Banglapedia). Mass literacy: 980,000+ people made literate under Child and Mass Education project (Banglapedia). The Quran translation published by IFB (Arabic + Bengali; widely distributed) is an ongoing standing mandate, not a one-off event; no new 2026 edition announcement was found in primary sources. annual_budget_bdt left null: no verified line-item figure found in accessible primary sources within verification window. [2026-06-08 audit correction] DG updated: Muhibbullahil Baki appointed 22 May 2026, replacing Abdus Salam Khan.