Industrialist Abdul Monem Khan dies

Renowned industrialist and founder of Abdul Monem Group, Abdul Monem Khan, passed away at a city hospital on Sunday, reports news agency BSS.

He was 85.

Sources said he breathed his last at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka around 10:00am.

Monem left behind his wife, two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and admirers to mourn his death.

Abdul Monem was the chairman and managing director of Abdul Monem Group.

A civil engineer by profession, Abdul Monem masterminded the AML Business, its expansion and horizontal integration and diversification.

He was awarded ‘Commercially Important Person (CIP)’ status by the government several times.