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Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury
Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury is the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. Early life Chowdhury was born in Chittagong. Chowdhury completed his B.A. in commerce and M.A. in accounting from the University of Chittagong. He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Masters in finance and accounting. Career Chowdhury joined Bangladesh Civil Service as a Audit and Accounts Cadre in 1984. Chowdhury served in a number of capacities in the Ministry of Finance. He held the position of Controller General Defense Finance and the Controller General of Accounts. He has held the position of Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary, and Additional Secretary. He was a Director of the SAARC Development Fund. Chowdhury served a director of a number of state owned companies such as Bangladesh Biman, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Company Limited, Eastern Refinery Limited, Sonali Bank, and Titas Gas. He was the founding CEO of the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comptroller And Auditor General (Bangladesh)
The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের মহা হিসাব নিরীক্ষক ও নিয়ন্ত্রক এর কার্যালয়) ( C&AG) is the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of the country. Like the SAIs in many other countries across the world the institution is established by the Constitution of Bangladesh. This institute is responsible for maintaining accounts of the republic and audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of Bangladesh, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government. The reports of the CAG are discussed by the Public Accounts Committee, which is a standing committee in the Parliament of Bangladesh. In more recent times, in addition to carrying out the traditional approach of conducting financial audits and compliance audits, the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh (OCAG) has introduced per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Chittagong
The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmass in Fatehpur Union of Hathazari Upazila, north of Chittagong city of Bangladesh. This university has the largest campus among Bangladeshi universities. The academic activities of the university formally began on 18 November 1966. It has about 27,500 students and more than 900 faculty members. Location University of Chittagong is located in Fatehpur Union, Hathazari Upazila about 22 kilometres north of the Chittagong city around 1754 acres of hilly and flat land. History Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City. He was one of the main facilitators for the demand of the university. List of vice-chancellors Following is the complete list of the vice-chancellors. # A R Mallick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as the William Sands Cox, Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery), and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English red brick university, civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter. The present iteration of the university was modeled after Cornell University. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research universities, Universitas 21. The student population includes undergraduate and postgraduate students in 2019–20, which is the List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrollment, largest in the UK (out of ). The annual income of the university for 2020–21 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAARC Development Fund
SAARC Development Fund (SDF) (also known as SAARC Development Fund Secretariat For Regional Integration) is a regional financial institution based in Thimphu, Bhutan. History SDF was founded in 2010 by the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), an intergovernmental organization comprising eight countries in South Asia, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an .... It carries out and manages various projects and programs across three key areas: Social, Economic, and Infrastructure. The SDF has its roots in two distinct regional funds known as the SAARC Fund for Regional Projects (SFRP) and the SAARC Regional Fund (SRF). These funds wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Biman
Biman Bangladesh Airlines ( bn, বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স) commonly known as Biman ( bn, বিমান), pronounced (), is the flag carrier, national flag carrier of Bangladesh. With its main hub at Shahjalal International Airport, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, the airline also operates flights from its secondary hubs at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong and as well as Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. The airline provides international passenger and cargo services to multiple destinations and has Air Services Agreement, air service agreements in 42 countries. The headquarters of the airline, ''Balaka Bhaban'', is located in Kurmitola, in the northern part of Dhaka. Annual Hajj flights,transporting tourists, migrants, and non-resident Bangladeshi workers and the activities of its subsidiaries form an integral part of the corporate business of the airline. Bangladesh's air transport sector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Krishi Bank
Bangladesh Krishi Bank is a fully government owned bank in Bangladesh founded in 1973. The primary purpose of the bank is to provide services to farmers and agricultural industry. Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank is the other state owned agriculture bank in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Krishi Bank was established in 1973. Bangladesh Krishi Bank is one of seven state owned banks in Bangladesh. In 2006, the bank was ordered to ensure 2 per cent interest on loans to farmers. On 16 November 2006, M Fazlul Haque was appointed managing director of the Bank. On 30 January 2008, Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank and Md Mukter Hussain was appointed the managing director of Bangladesh Krishi Bank. In 2009, it had 952 branches which is the highest number of branches for banks in Bangladesh. The bank was asked to stop providing loans to non-agricultural purposes. The Bank provided 19.26 billion taka loans for non-agricultural purposes from 2010 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Company Limited
The Dhaka BRT (, ''romanised: Dhaka Bi-Ar-Ti'') or Dhaka Line , ''romanised: Dhaka Lain'') is a bus rapid transit system in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Of two routes that were originally planned, only one section of a line is under construction from 2017, with the other route being in the planning phase. History Planning In 2005, the World Bank published a study report, recommending that the government of Bangladesh build a transit system in Dhaka. In the same year, American consultancy firm Louis Berger Group prepared a strategic transport plan for Dhaka. The World Bank helped to develop this plan, which proposed the construction of a bus rapid transit system in Dhaka. In 2011, a primary feasibility study was done for BRT by the Asian Development Bank. In 1 December 2012, the ECNEC approved the Dhaka bus rapid transit project. Two lines of bus rapid transit were proposed by the government for construction. The budget of BRT Line 3 was fixed at . Construction BRT Line 3 was supposed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Refinery Limited
Eastern Refinery Limited or ERL is the sole country-owned oil refinery in Bangladesh. ERL, a subsidiary of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, plays a vital role in supplying around 40% of country's current petroleum products demand and thus maintains stability in petroleum, oil and lubricants (POL) products market of the country. ERL sometimes becomes the only fall back system available, to avoid products crisis in the face of disruption of products' import. ERL as a profitable company in the public sector contributes substantially to the national exchequer in the form of dividend, taxes, VAT etc. History Eastern Refinery was incorporated under Companies' Act 1913 as a public limited company in 1963 with 35% EPIDC's( East Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation) shares, 30% shares held by Burmah Oil Company and the rest 35% by private entrepreneurs. From November, 1985, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) became the 100% share holder of the company. Refining facilitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Bank
Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the Bank. Niranjan Chandra Debnath and Sanchia Binte Ali are the deputy managing directors of the bank. History Sonali Bank was established in 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks (Nationalisation) Order, through the amalgamation and nationalisation of the branches of National Bank of Pakistan, Bank of Bahawalpur, and Premier Bank branches located in East Pakistan until the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. When it was established, Sonali Bank had a paid up capital of 30 million taka. From 1996 to 1999, Dr Atiur Rahman served as a director of Sonali Bank. In 2001, its authorised and paid up capital were Tk 10 billion and Tk 3.272 billion respectively. Presently, its authorised and paid up capital is Tk 10 billion and Tk 9 billion respectively. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titas Gas
The Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company ( bn, তিতাস গ্যাস ''Titas Gas'') is the natural gas distributor in Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ..., with an 80% market share. As of 2020, they employed 2,100 staff and served 2.8 million domestic customers, 12,000 commercial customers, and 5,300 industrial customers. It is responsible for gas distribution in Dhaka and Mymensingh. History Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company was established on 20 November 1964 following the discovery of gas in Titas in 1962. On 28 April 1968, commercial activities started with the supply of gas to Siddhirganj Thermal Power Station through the Titas-Demra gas pipeline. The pipeline was constructed by East Pakistan Industrial Developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited
Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited () is a Bangladesh government owned non-bank financial institution with the purpose of encouraging investment in the infrastructure in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited and Infrastructure Development Company Limited are two government owned financial institutions responsible for financing infrastructure development in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited was established in 2011 with the Ministry of Finance being a shareholder. It was created with the aim to invest in large infrastructure projects like power plants, roads, ports, etc. On 11 March 2011, the company was incorporated with a paid up capital of 16 billion taka and obtained its license on 16 October from Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bank ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdur Rouf Talukder
Abdur Rouf Talukder is a senior Bangladeshi government official who has served as the Governor of Bangladesh Bank since July 2022. Prior to becoming Governor he served as the Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He previously served as a director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. Early life Talukder was born on 15 August 1964 in Sirajganj District, Present day Bangladesh. Education He completed his Master's in Business Administration from the Institute of Business Administration of the University of Dhaka. He has a second master's degree in development studies from the University of Birmingham. In addition, he attended a number of professional training courses at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, USA; IMF Institute, Washington DC, USA; Crown Agents Training & Professional Development Center, London, UK; Institute of Public Finance (IPF), Dhaka, etc. He is married to Selina Rawshan and has two children. Career Talukder joined the Bangladesh Civil Servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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