Partex Group chairman no more
Partex Group founding chairman MA Hashem passed away at early hours of Thursday. He was 78.
The death was confirmed by his son Showkat Aziz Russell.
After testing positive for coronavirus, MA Hashem was admitted to the Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on December 11. He had been on life support since December 16.
Born in 1943 at Begumganj under in Noakhali, Hashem ventured into tobacco trade half a century ago.
After independence, he got involved in the import of iron, steel, cement, sugar, rice, spices, wheat, salt, milk and other essential commodities.
In 1982, he signed up for manufacturing import substitute products and started particle boards.