The government has appointed Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, who teaches banking and insurance at Dhaka University, as the chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, reports bdnews24.com. Prof Shibli, who had been heading Sadharan Bima Corporation as its chairman for about three and a half years, will head the stocks regulator for four years, the finance ministry said in a notice on Sunday. Khairul, a Dhaka University finance teacher, had three terms at the helm of the SEC. Prof Shibli has spent more than two decades teaching finance, banking and insurance, and played a key role in many businesses, chambers and researches related to his fields at home and abroad. Prof Shibli also has research degrees, diploma and training in the UK, Australia and South Korea.

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2020 13:04 UTC