Omar Farooque, former Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank Ltd., has joined Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) as the Managing Director (MD) on 4
th February. Bank and Financial Institution Division of Finance Ministry, with an order on the same date, promoting him at the same position posted Mr. Farooque in BHBFC.

Before joining BHBFC he had been acting as the Deputy Managing Director of Janata Bank Ltd.
Mr. Omar Farooque completed MBA degree from the Institute of Business Admini...
Chief executive officer of International NGO WaterAid Barbara Frost, along with Chair of the Board of Trustees Tim Clark and Trustee Anna Segall arrives Dhaka today (6 January, 2016 Saturday) for a six-day visit.
During the tour, they would visit WaterAid Bangladesh’s different WASH programme focusing low-income communities in urban slums and in the northern part of the country thatemphasizes access of WASH services and rights to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people of rural Bangladesh. They will also meet different high officials of the government, development partners and donor communities and discuss how better Bangladesh can be prepared to face the upcoming challenges of achieving SDG.
They will inaugurate WaterAid Bangladesh country programme strategy for 2016 to 2021 -...
Bangladesh Insurance Association, an apex body of Insurance sector in Bangladesh has recently appointed Mr. Nishith Kumar Sarker its new Secretary General.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Sarker served as Joint Secretary in different Ministries of the

Government of Bangladesh.
Mr. Sarker has completed the Diploma course on Disaster Management from ADPC, Bangkok. He visited many Countries during his service in different Ministries.
Mr. Sarker obtained his Masters with Honors Degree in English from Rajshahi University...
Mr. Md. Arfan Ali has been promoted to Additional Managing Director of Bank Asia Ltd. He was Deputy Managing Director of the Bank.
A veteran in the Banking Industry, Mr. Arfan Ali has multifarious experience in the Corporate and Retail Banking arena with both local and multinational banks. He joined Bank Asia at the

very outset in 1999 and worked as Head of Branches and different other important Departments at the Corporate Office. He led the move of introducing Agent Banking services by Bank Asia for the first time in Bangla...
ASM Nayeem FCA, Past President and Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has been appointed Vice-President of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) for the year 2016.
ASM Nayeem FCA
Mr. Nayeem is a Partner of ACNABIN Chartered Accountants (an Independent member firm of Baker Tilly

International). He is Board Member of a number of private and joint venture companies in Bangladesh. He is a former Director of Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd., Republic Insurance Company Ltd., Sonali Bank Ltd. an...
Mian Quamrul Hasan Chowdhury has joined as new Deputy Managing Director of Bank Asia. Prior to joining in Bank Asia he was Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP) in the United Commercial Bank Ltd.
A veteran in the banking industry, Mr. Chowdhury has multi-functional experience in Human Resources

Management and Credit Risk Management.
Mian Quamrul Hasan Chowdhury completed his Bachelor (Hons) and Masters in English from the University of Dhaka and started banking career with Bangladesh Bank as an Assistant Director in...