Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank. Khurshid Alam and chief economist Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman has been appointed as Deputy Governor. They have been appointed on contractual basis for the next three years.
On Wednesday (February 28), the Financial Institutions Department of the Ministry of Finance issued two separate notifications in this regard. After joining the work as Deputy Governor, these two will serve for the next three years.
In the notification, it is said about these two, they have been appointed contractually for a period of 3 years from the date of joining the post of Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank on the condition of voluntary retirement from the current post and suspension of post-retirement leave.
AKM Sajedur Rahman Khan on February 2 of this month and Abu Farah on February 23. Nasser’s contract expired as Deputy Governor. Two new deputy governors have been appointed on contractual basis in these two vacant posts.
Khurshid Alam Khurshid Alam is currently working as Executive Director-1 of Bangladesh Bank. Graduated from the Faculty of Commerce of Dhaka University and later obtained an MBA degree. He joined Bangladesh Bank in 1988 as Assistant Director. Khurshid Alam Bank Banking Regulations and Policy Department, Bank Inspection Department, Financial Institutions and Markets Department, Agricultural Credit Department, Payment Systems Department, Department of Currency Management, Department of Off-Site Supervision, SME and Special Programs Department, Secretary Department and other important responsibilities observed
He has traveled to various countries including India, USA, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Netherlands on official work. Father of one daughter and one son, Khurshid Alam was born in a Muslim family in Bancharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
Dr. Habibur Rahman Currently he is working as Chief Economist of Bangladesh Bank. Born in a Muslim family in Khiratala village of Vijaynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria. He got first division from Mirasani Polytechnic Academy and Brahmanbaria Government College and passed SSC and HSC respectively. Graduated from Jahangirnagar University (JABI) with First Class Bachelors (Honours) and Masters Degrees in Economics.
Dr. Habibur Rahman joined the Research Department of Bangladesh Bank in 1990 as Assistant Director. Before joining Bangladesh Bank, he did higher training at Bangladesh Development Research Institute. Later, he obtained Masters and PhD degrees in applied economics from Eastern and Western Michigan University, USA, respectively, under the scholarship of United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Habibur Rahman worked with great reputation in Research Department, Monetary Management and Technical Unit (now Monetary Policy Department) of Bangladesh Bank. Later, he was employed as a Senior Research Economist in the Policy Analysis Unit of Bangladesh Bank under the World Bank’s Capacity Building Project. He served as Deputy General Manager at Bangladesh Bank Training Academy and lastly as General Manager at the Policy Support Wing of the Governor’s Secretariat.
He has represented Bangladesh Bank in many international conferences, seminars and workshops outside the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB). As part of foreign training, he traveled to various countries in Europe-America and Africa including Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, South Korea.
