M. A. Hashem
M.A Hashem | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Noakhali-2 | |
| In office 1 October 2001 – 28 October 2006[1] | |
| Preceded by | Barkatullah Bulu[2] |
| Succeeded by | Joynal Abedin Faruk[3] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1943 Noakhali, Bangladesh |
| Died | 24 December 2020 (aged 77) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Sultana Hashem |
| Occupation | Businessman |
MA Hashem (30 August 1943 – 24 December 2020) was the founder and chairman of Partex Group.[4][5] He served as member of Parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[6][7][8]
Early life
MA Hashem was born on 1942 in Begumganj of Noakhali.[9]
Career
In 1959, he began his career by trading tobacco. He went on to establish Partex Group, one of the largest companies in Bangladesh. He served as the Chairperson of The City Bank.[10] He expanded his business into consumer goods, hard boards, insurance, real estate and steel.[11]
Hashem was elected to Parliament in 2001 from Noakhali-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate. He was arrested by the Caretaker Government in 2007 during the 2006-2008 Bangladesh political crises. He left Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2008 after being released from jail.[11] He also said former prime minister Khaleda Zia had pressured him to join the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]
In January 1992, United Commercial Bank provided a 200 million taka loan to Russel Vegetable Oils Limited, an edible oil refinery. At that time, his wife, Sultana Hashem, two brothers were directors of United Commercial Bank. Another loan was approved in November 1992 by the bank for the refinery for 4.5 million taka. The loan was rescheduled 4 times till 2000. The Bank then sued the company to get its money back. In 2008, when Hashem and his son, Showkat Aziz Russell, were Directors of United Commercial Bank; the bank agreed to settle the case for a payment of 50 million taka. Hashem had served as the chairman of United Commercial Bank for five years.[10]
On 8 April 2011, Hashem and 11 members of his family were indicted by a court in Dhaka on a tax evasion case. The case was filed by National Board of Revenue, which accused them of dodging 5.97 billion taka in taxes from 2006 to 2008.[13]
Hashem joined the Board of Trustees of IBAIS University in 2013.[14] He was also a member of North South University trustee board.[15] In 2019, he was the Chairperson of the Trustee Board of North South University.[16]
Personal life
Hashem was married to Sultana Hashem.[17] They have five sons, Aziz Al Kaiser Tito, Aziz Al Mahmood, Aziz Al Masud, Ashfaq Aziz Rubel and Showkat Aziz Russell.[11][13]
Death
Hashem died on 24 December 2020 from the coronavirus infection at the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 77.
References
- ^ "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ bers-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla
- ^ "Partex Group chairman fails to turn up at ACC". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "High lending rates hold businesses captive". The Daily Star. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Moudud, Mosharraf to face trial". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "The Daily Star Web EditionVol. 5 Num 1063". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Jalil, Babar remanded; Altaf, Patal sent to jail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "পারটেক্স গ্রুপের চেয়ারম্যান এম এ হাসেম মারা গেছেন". The Daily Star Bangla (in Bengali). 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ a b "Bank bends rules for its directors". The Daily Star. 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ a b c Correspondent, Staff; bdnews24.com. "Partex chairman's son, former RAJUK chairman land in jail on graft charges". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Correspondent, Senior; bdnews24.com. "Politics is not the only way to serve the country, says former MP Hashem". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Hashem family indicted for tax evasion". The Daily Star. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "MA Hashem joins IBAIS University Trustee Board". The Daily Star. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Governance contest inaugurated at NSU". New Age. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "8th International HR Conference held at NSU". The Daily Star. 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ "Partex Group splits". The Daily Star. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2016.