Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam resigned on Saturday citing his health group.
He sent his resignation letter to the official concerned at the finance ministry.
Abdur Rahman, secretary of the Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance, confirming receipt of the resignation letter, saying that he stepped down citing health reasons.
The development came five days after Sheikh Hasina's government fell and she fled Bangladesh in the face of a civil uprising.
He has remained absent from work for the past several days.
Mr Islam, a Dhaka University teacher, was appointed as chairman of the BSEC in 2020. Last May, he was reappointed for another four-year tenure.
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