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Southeast Bank elects MA Kashem as Chairman

Published : Monday, 30 September, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 203
Business Desk
MA Kashem has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southeast Bank PLC. He was unanimously elected Chairman of the Bank in its 743rd Board Meeting held on Sunday, says a press release. He replaced Alamgir Kabir who held  the position for last 20 years. M.A. Kashem is the Founder Chairman and Sponsor Director of the Southeast Bank PLC. He is also the Chairman of Rose Corner (Pvt.) Limited. 

Kashem is a Member of North South University Trust and a founder life-member of North South University Foundation. He has served as its four times chairman and was also Chairman of NSU Foundation's Endowment Committee several times. 

Kashem is the former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex body of all the country's business communities. He was the Chairman of Arbitration Tribunal of FBCCI and was the past Chairman of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) which represents all Private Universities of the country. 

Kashem was a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh, the leading producer of herbal medicines in the sub-continent for over 17 (seventeen) years. He was the President of SAHIC Trust (Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children), the only voluntary organization rendering health care assistance of ear, nose and throat services to destitute and poor patients. 

He was the winner of "President Export Trophy Award" for 1982- 83 and 1983-84 for outstanding export performance. Kashem also got "C.R. Das Gold" Medal for excellent contribution in Industrial sector in the year 1995. 

He was awarded the "Highest Tax Payer-2011" award and in 2016-2017 by National Board of Revenue (NBR). Recently, he has been awarded Abu Rushd Memorial Award for promoting higher Education.

Kashem was the leader of 20-member FBCCI Trade delegation to Far Eastern Countries in 1986 and also the leader of 5-member Govt. delegations to the U.K., the U.S.A. and Canada sponsored by the UNDP in 1987 and leader of 12 members Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) delegations to EEC countries in 1985.

He has established a Trust named M. Kashem Trust to foster education to the primary and midlevel students of Schools in his locality. Moreover, he setup a 50-bed general Hospital in the name of "Tareque Memorial-Ibrahim General Hospital"  by the Trust in his Upazilla Chhagalnaiya, Feni. 

As a philanthropist, Kashem set up Kashem Complex at Darogarhat, Chhagalnaiya which component of Madrashsa, Masjid, Eidgah, Public Graveyard and other training Centers and erected free dwelling houses for the poor and destitute of his locality.

M.Kashem is a member of the Kurmitola Golf Club, Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited, Gulshan Club Limited, Rotary Club of Dhaka West, National Shooting Club, Bangladesh Diabetic Association, Life member of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Shishu Hospital, Chittagong.



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