Eastern Bank Director Shaukat Ali passes away

Engr AM Shaukat Ali, Director of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL), passed away on Thursday July 30, 2020 at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 80 and had been suffering from multiple old age complications.

His namaz-e-janaza was held after Jumma prayers on Friday (July 31) at Banani Chairman Bari Masjid and he was buried at Banani graveyard. 

Shaukat Ali left behind his wife, three daughters and a son, grandchildren and a host of relatives, colleagues and well-wishers to mourn his death. 

He was the Chairman of Engineering Consultants and Associates Limited and Sponsor Director of Samorita Hospital Limited. He held the position of Project Director of World Bank, Asian Development Bank projects under the Ministry of Health and Family Planning from 1987 to 1993. Between 1993 and 1999, he was the Chairman of Project Builders Limited.