A. B. M. Abdul Fattah

A. B. M. Abdul Fattah (Bengali: এ বি এম আবদুল ফাত্তাহ্),[1] full name Abul Bashar Mohammed Abdul Fattah,[2] is a Bangladesh civil servant and former chairman of Petrobangla.[3][4]

Career

Fattah joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1989 as an administration cadre.[5]

In September 2005, Fattah raided restaurants in Uttara and fined them for producing food in unhygienic conditions.[6][7]

In 2007, as magistrate of Dhaka Metropolitan, Fattah ordered the confiscation of the properties of Sheikh Rehana, sister of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[8] In October 2007, he issued an arrest warrant against her.[9][10] Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim gave a confession statement to him in which he claimed to have shared extorted money with Sheikh Hasina.[11]

Fattah served as the secretary of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission.[12] During his term, he officially visited Australia, Mongolia, and Austria twice for training purposes.[12]

In 2015, Fattah was the project director of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority.[13]

In 2019, Fattah represented Bangladesh at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.[14]

Fattah was an additional secretary at the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.[15] On 13 January 2020, he was appointed Chairman of Petrobangla.[15] On 12 October 2020, Fattah was promoted to secretary along with SM Harun-ur-Rashid, Director General of Bangladesh Television, and Ram Chandra Das, Chairman of Bangladesh Tourism Corporation.[16] He presided over the signing of an agreement between Petrobangla and Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited in July 2020.[17] He signed an agreement to pay suppliers through HSBC Bank.[18] He signed an agreement with Gazprom on behalf of Petrobangla to develop gas exploration in Bangladesh along with Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited.[19] Fattah and Md. Anisur Rahman, Secretary of Energy, briefed the media on the plan to disconnect all illegal gas connections in September 2020 following orders by Nasrul Hamid to do so in two months.[20]

In June 2021, Fattah signed an agreement to import LNG from Indian Oil Corporation Limited, a state-owned Indian oil company.[21] Fattah refused to talk to the media about the deal.[21] Fattah chaired the 34th Annual General Meeting of Petrobangla in November 2021.[22] He was replaced by Nazmul Ahsan as chairman of Petrobangla in December 2021.[23]

References

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  2. ^ "Energy & Power Magazine". ep-bd.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  3. ^ "Abdul Fattah joins Petrobangla as Chairman". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  4. ^ "Power ministry, JBIC to cooperate on infrastructural development". Business Insider Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  5. ^ "Petrobangla gets new chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  6. ^ "Voicebox". Star Weekend Magazine. 2005-08-26. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  7. ^ "Mobile court fines Hotel Zakaria Tk 71,600". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh army chief says election at the earliest". Reuters. 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  9. ^ Alam, Julhas (2007-10-25). "Arrest warrant issued for Hasina's sister : Extortion charges". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  10. ^ "Warrant against Sheikh Hasina's sister". Hindustan Times. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  11. ^ "Confession in Court". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  12. ^ a b "BAEC::Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission". www.baecbd.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  13. ^ "Outsourcing" (PDF). Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  14. ^ "List of participants" (PDF). United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Abdul Fattah joins Petrobangla as new chairman". UNB. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  16. ^ "3 office chiefs attain 'secretary' status". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  17. ^ "Petrobangla and JGTDSL signed Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for the Financial Year of 2020-2021 on 29-07-2020 through video conferencing". Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Petrobangla inks loan deal with HSBC to pay LNG import bills". thefinancetoday.net. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  19. ^ "Petrobangla, BAPEX sign MoUs with Gazprom". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  20. ^ "Illegal Gas Connections to Be Snapped within 2 Months". Shampratik Deshkal. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  21. ^ a b "Petrobangla Signs MOU with Indian H-Energy to Import R-LNG - World-Energy". www.world-energy.org. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  22. ^ "Petrobangla Chairman ABM Abdul Fattah presiding over 34th Annual General Meeting - Business". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  23. ^ "Nazmul Ahsan joins as new chairman of Petrobangla". UNB. Retrieved 2022-07-12.