BNP Chairperson's advisory council member and former secretary to the government Sabihuddin Ahmed was laid to rest in the capital on Tuesday night.  Sabihuddin, also a former Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK, was returned to the earth at the Banani Graveyard around 8:50pm, BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan told UNB. Earlier, his namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque after Esha prayers. Before the janaza, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir placed a wreath at Sabihuddin’s coffin as a mark of last respect on behalf of the party. Sabihuddin, who had been undergoing treatment at United Hospital after suffering a brain stroke, breathed his last at around 7:35am on Monday at the age of 76. He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. Mirza Fakhrul and Sabihuddin Ahmed were particularly close throughout their life, having been students of the same batch of the Economics Department at Dhaka University and they remained close friends. Completing his education, Sabihuddin joined the Pakistan Civil Service.  After the independence of Bangladesh, he served as the information officer of different ministers. Read: AL leader Sajeda Chowdhury laid to rest He served as the private secretary to then Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in 1991.  Later he returned to the information cadre. In 2001, Sabih Uddin Ahmed joined the Ministry of Forest and Environment as Secretary.  Later he was appointed as Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK. After retiring as a secretary, Sabihuddin actively joined BNP politics and was appointed as a foreign affairs advisor of the party chairperson. He became inactive in politics from 2017 after developing neurological complications.    

Nihad Kabir, former President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), has taken over as the chairperson of the Trustee Board of Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) for the year 2022-23.  She succeeds Abul Kasem Khan, former President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), who was the Chairperson of BUILD for 2020-21, said a media release on Monday.  Nihad Kabir is a senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.  She is a senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad and Associates, one of the country's prominent law firms.  Apart from her role as an independent director on the board of Square Textiles Limited, Kabir also serves as a director of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL).  Also raed: Bangladesh elected Chair of UN Peacebuilding Commission She has previously chaired the Boards of BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited and BRAC EPL Investment Limited and has been a board member of Bkash, BRAC Bank and several other listed companies.  She is a Senior Fellow and Board member of BIDS, a member of the Board of Governors of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, and Chairperson of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid institution. Kabir has been a member of the National Pay and Services Commission and the National Education Policy Committee, Government of Bangladesh.  She was also the Chairperson of BUILD for 2017. Also read: BUILD Chairperson meets new FBCCI president Abul Kasem Khan, former Chairperson, BUILD, will continue as a nominated Trustee Board Member from DCCI, while Syed Mohammad Tanvir, Director, CCCI is a nominated Trustee Board Member from CCCI for the years 2022-2023.  In addition to the new trustees, the Trustee Board for 2022 includes Md. Saiful Islam, President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI); Rizwan Rahman, President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI); Mahbubul Alam, President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI); Farooq Ahmed, Secretary General of MCCI; Afsarul Arifeen, Secretary General of DCCI; and Engr. Mohd. Faruque, Secretary of CCCI. Ferdaus Ara Begum, CEO of BUILD, is in the Trustee Board as the Member Secretary. BUILD is a public-private dialogue platform formed by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry .