Nurul Islam is a Bangladeshi economist.[1][2] Islam is noted for his part in the independence war of Bangladesh from Pakistan in the early seventies as well as for his leadership role in the economy, from 1972-1975, as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission. He was one of the closest advisors to, and confidants of, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first founding father and first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and father of the current prime minister.