“With great power there must also come - great responsibility.”
- Spider-Man, the Film
Prologue
When does one feel to write about
someone? Why does one feel to write about someone? Reasons may very from person to person. But
one thing is always common. The Man. Haider is such a man upon whom you can
write an epic at a single breath. But it is a matter of great regret that
writing can tell such a little bit which only increase your dissatisfaction on
many untold stories. Yes. This is also true for this effort also. I had a wish
to write a book containing thousands of pages but time sometimes does not allow
something. As a very trifle being, I always run through shortage of time.
I always like to talk about him
because of my passion about him. But many people may not have such a type of
feeling. But who can avoide such a man who has the speed and accuracy like an
advancing torpado. I am not an exception. I am also become amused by this
feeling. It could be happened to any story teller.
This book does not bear any credit to
me. It is a joint effort of many men with whom we are very nearer to. Haider
and his achievement is the main factor. The story lies in him and his
surroundings is the background of this story. I am nothing but a compiler of
this heroic deed. But ultimately we everybody have the taste. This story is
nothing but a reality as the salt on our skin which naturally amassed from our
day to day life.
A Simple Introduction
Dr. Mohammed
Haider Ali Miah has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Export Import
Bank of Bangladesh Limited (Exim Bank). He succeeded Mr. Md. Fariduddin Ahmed
after serving as Additional Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director and
Head of many important Divisions of the bank including prime Branch Manager
since his joining in Exim Bank in 2000 as Vice
President.
Prior to
this, he worked in different capacities in various Branches of Islami Bank
Bangladesh Limited during his career spanning over 16 years in Islami Bank. He
started his banking career in February 1984 when joins Islami Bank Bangladesh
Limited as a probationary Officer.
Dr. Haider
was born in 1957 in Manikganj, a city adjacent
to Dhaka, Capital of Bangladesh. He studied at Dhaka University and completed
his B.Sc (Hons.) and M.Sc. in 1979.
Later on he
passed MBA from London Institute of Technology and Research, London, UK with
major in Management and Marketing. He also received his Ph.D on "The Role
of Marketing on Financial performance in showing differences between the
traditional and Islamic Banking in the context of Bangladesh" from
American World University, California, USA.
He obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Islami Banking and Insurance in
1998 from the Institute of Islami Banking and Insurance, London, UK and
became Associate Fellow of the Institute. He is also a Diplomaed Associate of
the Institute of Bankers' Bangladesh (DAIBB).
A Freedom
Fighter and versatile banker Dr. Mohammed Haider Ali Miah carries with him over
32 years of rich Banking experience. He is the recipient of numerous awards for
his banking endeavors, dedication and commitment to the society. He also
received gold medals in the year 2001, 2002, and 2004 from
the Exim bank for his outstanding performance.
Apart from
being a distinguished academician in banking arena, he is on the panel of Guest Faculties of many Banking Training
Institutes and Educational Institutes including Institute of Bank
Management (BIBM), Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry Training Program,
Islami Bank Training and Research Academy, National Bank Training Institute,
Dhaka Bank Training Institute, Shahjalal Islami Bank Training Institute, Prime
Bank Training Institute and The City Bank Training Institute.
He is also
on the panel of Guest Faculty of MBA Program of Dhaka International University,
Bangladesh.
He successfully
conducted a session as Guest Speaker on Letter of Credit and Case Studies in
International Trade Seminar at Citi Bank N.A Regional Processing Center Penang,
Malaysia organized, by Citi Bank N.A in May 05 to May 08, 2002.
During his
32 years of banking career, Mr. Haider attended many international seminars and
training programs in United States, England, France, China, Singapore,
Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Philippines.
Moreover he
traveled Germany, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Dubai as well.
Mr. Haider is a well known writer and
columnist. “A Hand Book of Islamic Banking &
Foreign Exchange Operation” and “A Way to
Islami Banking Customs & Practice” are his remarkable works.(adopted)
Chapters
Prologue
i.
No
begining; just some preliminaries
ii.
From
shoot to a plant
iii.
Life
got better; Life got bitter
iv.
Restless
efforts: growing privacy
v.
Chasing
Privacy; become public
vi.
Introvert
Vs Extrovert
vii.
Call
of the motherland
viii.
Top
priority; Philoshophy of Purity
ix.
In
the Fields of Dream
x.
At
the Age of Sanity
xi.
Flavour
of Success; Craziness Vs Calmness
xii.
Be
a man; Being a phenomenon
xiii.
Wide
Wide World
xiv.
Prevention
for perfection
xv.
Know
Thyself
xvi.
Leap
to leave itself
xvii.
Self
actualization
xviii. A short note on Haider penned by his
beloved wife
xix.
I
am Haider (In his own handwriting)
xx.
Conclusion
Epilogue
Life is simple, it’s just not easy.
-
Collected
Chapter 1 : No beginning; just some preliminaries
Born on the 16th September
1957 at a pastoral village of Manikganj subdivision under former Dhaka district
(now Manikganj district) of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Haider is
the eldest of his three brothers and two sisters.
Though Haider’s family was setteled
in Manikganj subdivision under former Dhaka district they now live in the
village of Ramarbagh, PO: Mirzanagar, PS: Ashulia, Upzilla: Savar, Dist: Dhaka,
Bangladesh as their old dewelling was vanished by the erosion of the Ganges
river. By religion, he is a Muslim from Sunni sect.
The early life of Haider is
colourful. He had been brought up among the versatile beauty of Bangladesh. His
is a village like a painting by the side of great river Padma. In the midst of
the forever loveliness he found his childhood most cheerful. Learning from the
nature directly his heart had become full of freshness and mind had become an
altar of a sacred height.
His has got his unparalleled stamina
from the southern wind of the stressed blue of the river and also from the
unbound green of the eye catching fields. As a child he has got the opportunity
to get a balanced growth. Bringing up among the financial affluence he had to
maintain the rule of austerity. So, life was always like a disciplined river.
It helped him a lot to be a man of circumstances.
Childhood is like being drunk, Everyone remembers what you did…..Except
you!
– Collected
Chapter 2: From shoot to a plant
Haider’s childhood is not a different
one like other Bangladeshi children. He also started his education under Moulvi
and pandit Mashai. He was used to play in the green fields, singingf folk songs
and fishing in the pobnds and rivers. He was also sometimes rebuked by his
father due to become a truant school boy. He lost himself. He found himself. The
forever natural beauty of Bangla amaged him like others. Actually, it was not
any how a little bit different one.
The time he passed at the very side
of aggressive Padma river was a matter of great tense and feelings. The sound
of the wave inscript in his mind with a deep drawn line. The cloudy sky of
rainy season and torrent rainshed blazed his little heart sometimes. The
feeling of both fears and strength came from the same source of sprit and
inspiration.
Sometimes the smallest things take up
the most rooms in ones heart. – Collected
Chapter 3 : Life got better; Life got bitter
One fine morning Haider found that he
has overcome his childhood. It’s a new life. It’s a new taste. He can think. He
can run with full pace. He can swim. He
can fly. The life has got some changes overnight.
But the taste did not last for a
long. Burdens of responsibility were awarded on him. The schooling was one of
the most disgusting issues. It disturbed his usual life in many ways. He missed
playing with his friends. Me failed to collect small birds from the nest. But
other boys were duly did all the jobs.
His sorrows were increasing day by
day. Missing the childhood arrogance he often felt himself such a miserable
that it seemed to him that none was beside him.
How one handles success or failure is determined by their early
childhood.
– Ilarold Ramis
Chapter 4 : Restless efforts: growing privacy
Coming out side from the cave of
childhood, Haider’s enthusiasm for learning was increasing day by day. At the
very outset of his life he found himself as an attentive learner. He was
sincere, hard working, punctual and obedient. He learnt very rapidly. This
state of his mind created a tiny private world of his own where his personal
thoughts and philoshopies were getting its shape. In his next life he enjoyed
the benefits of that time.
Privacy comes when someone enjoys a
life with a sort of freedom. At the time of his growing, his private world was
flourishing day by day like other children. Form open childish lifestyle he
started to enjoy such a type of delicate privacy.
If you have never jumped from one couch to the other to avoid the lava
you have never had a childhood. – Collected
Chapter 5 : Chasing Privacy; become
public
No state continued. Time change.
Situation alters. His life was not an exception. Haider won the fear of
presentating himself in public.
His social communication spreaded.
His circle was growing day by day. At an early age Haider became popular in his
ommunity. This changed the shape of his mind.
He was walking. He was sailing. He
was flying. Haider was dreaming for a better status of his recognition. Every
upbringing demands it.
In a gentle way, one can shake the
world.
– Mahatma Gandhi
Chapter 6 : Introvert Vs Extrovert
There was always an invisible storm
inside him. The turbulence was due to some questions. Questions regarding his
action. Action whether he became introvert or extrovert. An invisible curtain
was waving. The heart said to pop but the mind felt shy. What a situation. But
Haider succeeded. He became a performer. He got a vocal. He became able to free
himself from all the backwardnesses. He became a handy boy. He shaped his world
in his own way.
Nobody can
give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If
you're a man, you take it.
- Malcolm X
Chapter 7 : Call of the motherland
The freedom fighting started in the
late March. He always had a good state of his mind. He took the decision of
helping his country. But he was only fourteen. So, he took the decision of
helping the direct fighters. He started his mission as an helping hand of the
freedom fighters. That nine months Haider lost himself in a completely
different task. They waited at the side of the river Padma to hear the sound of
gunboat by which the invaders forwarded to raid and attack the locality. By
shifting day anfd night they waited.
Haider attended different training
courses in order to be a good fighter. Among them guerilla attack, charging of
cocktail, operating gun, face to face combat are mentionable. A long nine month,
he was far from his home and also his relatives. No one knew that whether he is
alive or dead.
The trembling nine months made him a
perfect man. His only motto was the freedom of the nation. He was the youngest veteran
freedom fighter. He had only one junior colleague named Sishir. Rest of them is
senior. After the freedom of Bangladesh, Haider joined in school for continuing
his education. It is a matter of great feeling to be a freedom fighter. Haider
can be proud for his sacrifice for the cause of his motherland.
Purity of
speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart is needed by
one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
- Chanakya
Chapter 8 : Top priority; Philosophy
of Purity
It was the time to be built up or to
be spoilt. But Haider took the right decision. He was an ascetic man but never
be far from necessity of life. An amicable man with good grace was always at
middle of any arrangement or occasion. He played, he travelss, he writes, he
reads. He was everywhere in the campus.
Being amid of everything, he remained
clean. His philosophy was to be a pure man. That is why with building moral
character he was also aware of having a good health. All the things were done
by him very smoothly and carefully. He had the ability to write a long chapter
with a few words.
A man of good courage, patience and
stamina Haider never bore negative thoughts.
His positive attitude towards this world made him a versatile one.
Responsibility
for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age. - Robert Martin
Chapter 9 : In the Fields of Dream
Haider entered into his university
life through Dhaka University once upon a time considered as the Oxford of the
East. Here Haider got himself in a completely new world. His pertinent qualities helped him a lot to
collect the benefits lying in there.
Haider was very close to his teachers
and very popular to his classmates. His bright presence in every cultural event
as well as many elementary organs of the campus made him familiar to everybody.
Haider’s dream to be something
actually formed at that time. He took the ample opportunites of campus life.
The rich library, wide swimming pool, fields filled with green grasses awoke
inner strength of his soul. He became a man ready for upcoming days.
Sanity is
madness put to good use.
- George
Santayana
Chapter 10 : At the Age of Sanity
Haider
started his banking career in February
1984 joining Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited as a probationary Officer. He
was promoted to the post of Assistant Vice president. He stayed there till 13th
April 2000 before joining in EXIM Bank as a Vice President.
It is
mentionworthy that he enjoyed a sixteen years banking career there where he
made himself handy, tradeable and transferable. That is why EXIM Bank purchased
him at a high cost.
At that time
Haider also built the real foundation of his life. He placed himself in a safe
platform in respect of his career, solvency and social status. He always had
his own lifestyle. He made himself a living mural. He was already been
considered as an icon.
Success makes
so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to
enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.
- Marilyn
Monroe
Chapter 11 : Flavor of Success; Craziness Vs Calmness
The real growth of his life and
career happened at that period. He was enjoying a boom in his life and career.
He got many local and foreign training at that time. He traveled many a places
all over the world. He saw many things. He got the taste of this lucrative
world. He has promoted to Assistant Vice President and awarded the
responsibility odf the Foreign Exchange Department as its Head. He was
discharging the duties of such a position which was previously performed by a
Vice President. It made him confidant.
Always be
yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for
a successful personality and duplicate it.
- Bruce Lee
Chapter 12 : Be a man; Being a
phenomenon
Though Haider’s remarkable success
started from the time of his discharging duties from the desk of Foreign
Exchange and Foreign Trade as its Head in Islamic Bank Bangladesh Ltd. But it
became significant when he joined newly established EXIM Bank as its Vice
President on 13/04/2000, within one year he was promoted to the post of Senior
Vice President. He was promoted to the post to Executive Vice President on
13/04/2004. He got promotion as a Senior Executive Vice President on
13/04/2007.
All the events happened duly and with
great satisfaction. Through this path Haider not only attained his desired
promotion but also added many credits. He has got gold medals three times for
his outstanding performance. Haider was also selected for many foreign and
local important training, workshops, seminars and so many occasions on behalf
of the bank. He made himself handy to the Management. It was not so easy. He is
a player of big match.
The best and
most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must
be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller
Chapter 13 : Wide Wide World
Haider’s world became wider day day.
He was promoted to the post a Deputy Managing Director on 1st July
2008. It was a solid gain in his life.
After a short period he was promoted
to Additional Managing Director of the Bank on 01st March 2011. His
fields became wider. His reposibility became greater.
At that time he got the opportunity
to discharge his duty as a Managing Director (Current Charge). It was a
different experience for him and was a new jewel to his career.
This opportunity prepared him to take
the further responsibility. It actually gave him a room to prepare himself for
a great job
Besides those he anchored all the social
and cultural programs of the bank. Not only this, but also he is a regular
vocal of Radio, Television and any of visual media. A prolific writer and a loud
vocal Haider can always remain a whole day without taking a bit of rest but he
can not pass even a single day without any good deed. For him, life is more
than butter and bread.
Peace demands
the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater
heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more
perfect purity of conscience.
- Thomas Merton
Chapter 14 : Prevention for
Perfection
Haider became the Managing Director &
CEO of the bank on 24th July 2012. The greatest achievement in his
life came at last.
This position opened ample
opportunities to him. But such a man like him always keep themselves vary vary
far from any prejudice or privilege. He is still performing his duties with
great courage and without any question.
Everybody in the bamk likes him a
lot. Even those people who hav lost his job from this organization have no
objection against him.
Haider has already completed three
years as an MD & CEO. During his era he faced a lot of internal and
external situations. But his prudence and patience helped him to face all the
issues. He proved himself inevitable. He is now at the zenith of his success.
His position not only as an Honorable MD & CEO but also an Islamic scholar has
already been established. He is like a star in the banking world. He is a man
of self dependent. His legacy cost nothing but buys everything.
The only true
wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
Chapter 15 : Know Thyself
It is time to look back. It is time
to go through the past life. It is time to enjoy the present. It is time to
revise the life. It is time to mend and to bend. Really it is time to add, to
deduct, to divide and to multiple. It is time to be a
So far you observe he is still a
student of the school of this world. Till today and everyday he is learning new
things. He is restless and always deploying his effort to do something
different. He believes in excellence. His all out effort for being a good human
being is praiseworthy. Haider always try to evaluate himself. Never be outraged
and always try to realize the reality. He is such a man who cannot be biased by
any ill motif or ill direction. Allah gives him the power to judge and to ensure
justice. Personally, I believe that in fine he will be awarded by Allah for such
a type of quality insha Allah. The people who know him must be agreed upon this
opinion.
Do not dwell
in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present
moment.
- Buddha
Chapter 16 : Leap to Leave itself
There is a piece of cloud, a slit of
cotton or a torn bit of paper which only wants to fly. Haider also possesses
it. His wishes want to fly in a higher sky. His hopes want to cross its
boundary. He wants to leap to leave himself.
Nothing exceptional. Everybody wants.
So Haider also. Along with his working pressure through all the day, Haider is also
ravaged by nostalgia. He sometimes remember the poem of W. H Davis -
What is this life?
If full of care
We have no tome to stand and stare
No time to beneath the boes
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
But it is for a little moment. He then
again engaged himself with vast jobs. His works are like an ocean. Through
finishing it he tried to be relief. But nothing changes. More works followed.
Haider likes to leap to leave itself. Through this way, crossing many bars, he
is approaching to achieve more new targets every day.
Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of
that which you truly love.
― Maulana
Zalaluddin Rumi
Chapter 17
: Self actualization
Now it it
is time to feel free from every clumsiness. It is time to realize the
achievements. Haider’s wining awards is the sign of his success. Roads were
named after him. A lot of publication on him confirms its preciousness. He is
still in a full pace. His only need is self actualization now.
Haider likes
to do welfare for human being. He is conscious about his responsibility to the
society. His feelings for the depressed and distressed make him a man at the next
door. He is indomitable in doing social responsibilities. His flight of good
wishes is always in the sky. His dream to be a friend of mankind never ends.
His effort of doing welfare needs no recognition. He has already become a
living legend in this respect. He considers every trifle things. He likes to be
familiar and a family guy. He never wants to be an alien. Haider is a man of
reality and rationally. We can call him on anytime, anywhere and any way. He
has nothing to expect in his life. Already he is full to the brim. He always tries
to maintain this gift of Allah.
Chapter 18 : A
short note on Haider penned by his beloved wife
Haider
always tried to evaluate the reality of his life as a human being. He always
asked himself some questions-Who I am, why I am, What I am, etc. This type of
natural instinct which lies in him very silently has made him such an indomitable
man. Haider’s real strength actually lies in him. He is a visionary man with
strong command over his surroundings.
Those
who can remember himself commented on him with many a good memory which proves
his potentiality in him at the very early of his life. I have heard from many
of Haider’s close associates, relatives and well wishers. He is a man beyond
ones expectation. He can forget the bad incidents easily. He can forgive any
offense very indifferently. If anything seems very hard to anybody Haider feels
very comfort there. I have never seen such a man who never feel tired, feel
weird and always try to keep a good slice of smiles in his face which ensures
that he is one of the happiest men in the world.
A
good narrator, a fluent speaker who touches every nook and corner of an issue
and can draw a good summary and substance always marks his presence within the
gathering of thousands of splendid suns. Haider is such a man who can be borne
in mind for a long time.
A pious man, a good father, a passionate
husband, aesthetic in nature, ascetic in kind, stylish in lifestyle, Haider can
win any game easily. He is an open challenger who is confirmed about his
success and amassed a lot in his life. So, it is very hard to be prelude by
Haider’s enchanting personality.
Chapter 19 : I am Haider (From the desk of the man)
“It is easy to live for others,
everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is nothing but the collection of
some moments, memories, success, failure, joy and sorrows. As a human being I
am not beyonfd these eternal issues. But I always liked to inscript my path on
a metal plate.
I do not know whether I am a man of
failure or a man of success. But I still know I have many personal failue which
are specially possessed by me only. Nobody can claime that he is unqualified. I
am not an exception.
I have already passed at least 55
springs of my life. There were winters and summers and rainy seasons also. I
was overwhelmed with joy as well as cried in silence. I enjoyed the flavour of
success at the same time tanged the salty state of failure. Overall I am a man
of flesh and blood, bone and skeleton.
Actually, I am Haider. I am as I
really am. I am nothing but a man made of trifle things. But I always possess a
desire in my mind that we all can make us valuable by our good deeds. I am a
commuter in this periphery.
I think and
think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The
hundredth time I am right.
- Albert Einstein
Chapter 20 : Conclusion
Actually,
on behalf of me, there is no chance to draw any conclusion to ones’s ongoing
life. But for the sake of this story I have an urgency to draw a conclusion of
this writing. Everybody should have a sense on an ending.
Epilogue
I not only know but also believe that
haider will continue whether I write on him or not. He is such a passenger who
needs not to wait for a train. He had his own vehicle to move. He had his own
wings to fly. He can think, can write, can talk and can imagine. He has the
ability to take the decision. He has the ability to count the situation. He
possesses childish simplicity. He bears the courage to say the right things. He
has the ability to endure a lot. He has the patience to get the result. He is
pertinent enough to any issue.
So, it is a great pleasure for me to
do such an idiotic job to write about such a great man like Haider because I
trust that only an idiot like me can do such a type of terrific job. Oh, yes, I
should be grateful to them who always tried to indulge me for being with him.
Without them it was impossible for me to be such passonate for him. People
always like to love someone where they feel constraints. To the easiest thing
we always possess zero feeling.
I always had and still have a great feeling for him after my father. So,
it will not be so enough to tell him as one of the most rational men I have
ever seen. His feelings for me was never been tangible but always been felt
from the very core of my heart. I never felt the necessity to tell him any of
my feeling but he always felt it in such a natural way that it seemed to
anybody that it was somehow conveyed to him. May be this is the greatest mutual
relationship I have ever found in my life.
A life is like a river and I confess
that there are many untold events in this brief effort. At the time of going
through of this errorneous work, it may also increase the anguish of the man
behind the story. So, I am always in a position to say sorry to everybody and
especially to him.
Chronological Haider
16th September 1957: Haider born in Manikganj
district (former Dhaka District)
1973: SSC from Ibrahimpur I.C. High
School, Manikgonj
1975: HSC from Govt. Devendra
College, Manikgonj
1978: B. Sc. from University of Dhaka
1979: M. Sc. from University of Dhaka
1998: PGD in Islamic Banking and Insurance from
Institute of Islamic Banking & Insurance, London, UK
1999: DAIBB from Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh
1999: MBA from London Institute of Technology & Research,
UK
2001: Gold Medal by
the Chairman of EXIM Bank
2002: Gold Medal by
the Chairman of EXIM Bank
2004: Gold Medal by
the Chairman of EXIM Bank
2008: Ph. D from American
World University, California, USA
1st July 2008: Promoted
to Deputy Managing Director
1st March 2011:
Appointed as Additional Managing Director
24th July 2012:
Designated as Deputy Managing Director & CEO
December 2014: A public road with
immense importance was named on him.
Haider at a glance
Managing Director
& CEO
Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Limited
Head Office: “Symphony” Plot #, SE (F) 9, Road # 142
Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan, Dhaka.
Personal Information:
Father’s Name : Alhaj Mohammed Arshad Ali
Mother’s Name : Hamida Begum
Permanent Address :
Vill: Ramarbagh, PO: Mirzanagar, PS: Ashulia, Upzilla: Savar, Dist: Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Date of Birth & Place : 16/09/1957, District: Manikgonj
(former Dhaka District).
Nationality : Bangladeshi
Religion : Islam (Sunni)
Marital Status : Married
Spouse : Wife : Sahera Khatoon, M. Sc. & Senior Lecturer,
Manarat International College, Gulshan, Dhaka.
Children : One son & two daughters.
Language known : Bengali, English and Arabic.
Banking experience :
About 32 years
Interest : Games, Music, Reading, Gardening & Swimming.
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