Nurul Husain Khan
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Nurul Husain Khan was a Bangladesh government secretary and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[1][2][3] He is the founding chairman of the Eastern Bank Limited.[1][4] He was a member of the board of governors of the North South University.[1]
Early life
Khan studied political science at the University of Dhaka.[5] His son, Adeeb H. Khan, is an executive committee member of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust.[6][7]
Career
In 1957, Khan joined the Pakistan Taxation Service.[8] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was working as a deputy secretary in the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan.[8] He returned to independent Bangladesh in 1973.[8]
Khan was the economic minister at the Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia.[8]
Khan is the former secretary of the Internal Resources Division at the Ministry of Finance.[9]
Khan served as the chairperson of the National Board of Revenue from 19 January 1991 to 29 April 1992.[10] From 1992 to 2000, he served as the first chairperson of Eastern Bank Limited.[4] In 2002, he became the founding chairman of the Sapporo Dental College and General Hospital.[8]
Khan was a member of the board of governors of North South University, the first private university in Bangladesh.[11] He was also its first treasurer.[8] He was an independent director of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited.[8]
From 2009 to 2014, Khan was an independent director of Union Capital Limited.[8] He was an independent Director of Green Delta Insurance PLC.[8]
Death
Khan died on 10 December 2020 at his residence in Gulshan, Dhaka.[1] He was buried at Banani graveyard.[9]