Shamima Nargis

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Shamima Nargis is a retired government Senior Secretary [1] and Chairperson of Bangladesh Development Bank. [2] She is a former member of the Planning Commission. [3]

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Early life

Nargis graduated from the University of Dhaka with a bachelors and masters in English Literature. [4] She received a Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship to study at the University of Minnesota. [5] [4]

Career

Nargis joined Bangladesh Civil Service in 1988. [5]

In 2010, Nargis was the Deputy Secretary at the Economic Relations Division at the Ministry of Finance. [6] She then worked at the Local Government Division as a joint secretary. [7]

In July 2015, Nargis was the Additional Secretary at the Economic Relations Division at the Ministry of Finance. [8] She signed an agreement, titled Efficient and Accountable Local Governance, between the Economic Relations Division and the United Nations Development Programme. [9]

In April 2018, Nargis was promoted to Secretary. [10] She was working as the acting secretary at the Planning Commission. [10]

Nargis was promoted in March 2020 to Senior Secretary. [11] She retired from the civil service in October 2020; she was serving as a member of the Planning Commission. [4]

On 15 November 2021, Nargis was appointed chairperson of Bangladesh Development Bank by the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance. [5]

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