Shamima Nargis joins BDBL as chairman

Former Senior Secretary Shamima Nargis has joined as Chairman of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) following a recent circular of the Financial Institution Division.

Prior to her retirement from civil service, she served as member in the Planning Commission in the capacity of senior secretary, BDBL said in a statement.

In her long career path, she also served in different ministries like Economic Relations Division, Finance Division, Ministry of Public Administration, Local Government Division and Women & Children Affairs.

Shamima Nargis joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1988. She obtained her BA (Honours) and Masters in English Literature from the University of Dhaka.

She also studied in the University of Minnesota, USA under the prestigious Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship programme, participated in the six-month long Voice Secondment Program (VSP) of World Bank, completed course on "Mastering Negotiation" at Harvard Kennedy School, USA and also a course on Leadership from the National University in Australia, added the statement.