Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah is a Bangladesh civil servant and secretary of the Ministry of Finance.[1] He is in-charge of the Financial Institutions Division at the Ministry of Finance.[2] He served under Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.[3]

Early life

Ullah was born in Feni District.[4] He did his undergraduate and graduate studies in finance at the University of Dhaka.[4]

Career

Ullah joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991 as an assistant commissioner.[4] He worked as the assistant commissioner of land and Upazila Nirbahi Officer.[4]

In August 2021, Ullah was promoted to secretary and appointed head of the Financial Institutions Division.[5] He was serving as the additional secretary of the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance.[5] He replaced Senior Secretary Ashadul Islam as the head of the Financial Institutions Division.[6] He is the deputy chairman of UAE-Bangladesh Investment Company Limited.[4] He is a director of Bangladesh Bank.[7] He was part of the Bangladeshi delegation that meet Antoinette Sayeh, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, in Dhaka.[8]

Ullah has called on bankers to take actions on money laundering.[9] He is a director of the Microcredit Regulatory Authority.[10] He called on microfinance institutions to provide more loans to low income individuals.[11] During his time a schism developed between the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank over control.[12] Bangladesh Bank was being treated like a department of the ministry and its officials were being appointed by the ministry limiting the freedom of the central bank.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Insurance sector need people's trust: Secretary Salim Ullah – The Daily Industry". Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ↑ "Pressure on external sector, inflation to ease after polls". The Daily Star. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh economy doing very well, better than others: Finance minister". Prothomalo. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah" (PDF). Financial Institutions Division. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Salim Ullah made FID secretary". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. ↑ "Salim Ullah made FID secretary". HT Digital Streams Limited. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh Bank". www.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  8. ↑ "IMF support needed to sustain development: Finance Minister". Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  9. ↑ "Laundered money: Tk 1,294cr confiscated since FY17". The Daily Star. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  10. ↑ "পরিচালনা পর্ষদ". Microcredit Regulatory Authority (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "MFIs' loan disbursement rebounds". The Daily Star. 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  12. 1 2 Sakib, Shanaullah (2022-03-24). "Finance ministry's interference in Bangladesh Bank". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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