Islamic Foundation Bangladesh

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. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.