[1] Talukder was born on 15 August 1964 in Sirajganj District, East Pakistan, present day Bangladesh.
[2] In addition, Talukder attended a number of professional training courses at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, USA; IMF Institute, Washington DC, US; Crown Agents Training & Professional Development Center, London, UK; Institute of Public Finance (IPF), Dhaka, etc.
[12] He worked in wide range of government positions in his long illustrious career but his specialization in public finance and economic management has brought him back to Finance Division at almost every rank of his career.
He also worked at Bangladesh High Commission, Kuala Lumpur as First Secretary (Commercial).
Since 5 August he has not been attending office after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in the face of a mass uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.