Syed Manzur Elahi, Chairman of Apex Group and adviser of the former caretaker government has passed away. He breathed his last at a hospital in Singapore at around 7:31 am Wednesday (Bangladesh time), his son Syed Nasim Manzur confirmed over the phone to the media.
Syed Nasim Manzur also said that he and his sister were at their father’s bedside till his death. They are trying to bring the body to Bangladesh by Wednesday.
Liberty News’ national correspondent reports that Manzur Elahi was also the founding Chairman of Mutual Trust Bank and Grey Advertising Bangladesh. He served as an Adviser to the caretaker government in 1996 and 2001. In 1996, he held advisory positions in the Ministries of Communications, Shipping, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications, and Housing and Public Works. In 2001, he was appointed Adviser to the Ministries of Agriculture, Shipping, Fisheries, and Livestock.
Born on February 26, 1942, in Kolkata, Manzur Elahi graduated from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata and later completed his Master’s degree in Economics from Dhaka University.
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