Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah is a Bangladesh civil servant and secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He is in-charge of the Financial Institutions Division at the Ministry of Finance. He served under Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Early life

Ullah was born in

Feni District Feni District () is a coastal Districts of Bangladesh, district situated in the south-east of Bangladesh, within Chittagong Division. One of Bangladesh's smallest districts, it is strategically located along the N1 (Bangladesh), Dhaka–Chittago ...

. He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in finance at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

Career

Ullah joined the

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service (), popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial Civil Service which was the elite higher civil service of the British Empir ...

in 1991 as an assistant commissioner. He worked as the assistant commissioner of land and

Upazila Nirbahi Officer An Upazila Nirbahi Officer (, abbreviated as UNO) is the chief executive officer of an upazila (subdistrict) and a mid-level officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (administration cadre), known as Bangladesh Administrative Service. A senior a ...

. In August 2021, Ullah was promoted to secretary and appointed head of the Financial Institutions Division. He was serving as the additional secretary of the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance. He replaced Senior Secretary Ashadul Islam as the head of the Financial Institutions Division. He is the deputy chairman of UAE-Bangladesh Investment Company Limited. He is a director of

Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bank (BB; ) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Bangladesh, Government of Bangladesh. The bank is active in developing green banking. and financial inclusion poli ...

. He was part of the Bangladeshi delegation that meet

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, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, in Dhaka. Ullah has called on bankers to take actions on money laundering. He is a director of the Microcredit Regulatory Authority. He called on microfinance institutions to provide more loans to low income individuals. During his time a schism developed between the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank over control. Bangladesh Bank was being treated like a department of the ministry and its officials were being appointed by the ministry limiting the freedom of the central bank.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ullah, Sheikh Mohammad Salim Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi civil servants People from Feni District University of Dhaka alumni