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{{Short description|Bangladeshi civil servant and writer (died 2019)}}
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| name = Sheikh Maqsood Ali
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| birth_date = 1933/34
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| death_date = 25 August 2019
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| nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i
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| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br>[[University of Manchester]]
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'''Sheikh Maqsood Ali''' was a Bangladeshi civil servant, researcher, writer and organiser of the [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]]. He served as Secretary of [[Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief|Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation]] of [[Bangladesh]].

==Biography==
Ali passed MA in Economics from [[University of Dhaka]] in 1956.<ref name=a>{{cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/2019/08/26/sheikh-maqsood-ali-s-janaza-tuesday|title=Sheikh Maqsood Ali's janaza Tuesday|date=26 August 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|work=Dhaka Tribune
}}</ref> Then he joined Central Civil Service of former Pakistan in 1959. Later he became the Deputy Director of Civil Service Academy in [[Lahore]].<ref name=b>{{cite news |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/82689/former-secretary-maqsood-ali-dies
|title=Former secretary Maqsood Ali dies
|date=27 August 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|newspaper=New Age
}}</ref> Then, he went to the [[United Kingdom]] to receive his PhD degree from [[University of Manchester]]. He was an organiser of [[Liberation War of Bangladesh]] in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1971.<ref name=c>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/maqsood-ali-passes-away-1790473
|title=Maqsood Ali passes away
|date=27 August 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|newspaper=The Daily Star
}}</ref> He received PhD degree from [[University of Manchester]] in 1972.<ref name=a/>

Ali was appointed Joint Secretary of [[Ministry of Shipping (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Shipping, Inland Water Transport and Civil Aviation]] in 1972 after returning to [[Bangladesh]].<ref name=c/> He was the founding Rector of [[Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre]].<ref name=d>{{cite news |url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-khobor/article/19084261/ড-শেখ-মাকসুদ-আলীর-ইন্তেকাল
|script-title=bn:ড. শেখ মাকসুদ আলীর ইন্তেকাল|language=bn
|date=26 August 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|newspaper=Samakal
}}</ref> He was appointed Director General of Civil Officer's Training Academy and the National Institute of Public Administration in 1975.<ref name=a/> He also served as Secretary of [[Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief|Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation]] and member of [[Bangladesh Planning Commission]].<ref name=c/><ref name=e>{{cite news|url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/news/2019/08/26/451370
|script-title=bn:ডক্টর শেখ মাকসুদ আলীর ইন্তেকাল
|language=bn
|date=26 August 2019|access-date=6 October 2019|newspaper=Bangladesh Pratidin
}}</ref>

Ali wrote in local and international journals and published several books. His research book ''From East Bengal to Bangladesh'' was published in 2009.<ref name=c/> He is the brother-in-law of [[Mahbub Talukdar]].<ref name=d/> He died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 85.<ref name=a/><ref name=b/>

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[[Category:Bangladeshi male writers]]

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