M Ghaziul Haque

M Ghaziul Haque died while receiving treatment at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka at about 1.10 pm on Monday 5 October 2026, according to a statement from MGH Group. He was 92. The cause of death was not made public.

His namaz e janaza was held after Maghrib prayers the same day at Azad Masjid in Gulshan, Dhaka, and he was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard. He was survived by his wife, his son, his daughter and many relatives, friends and admirers. His death was reported by The Financial Express, The Business Standard and other Bangladeshi outlets and was mourned across the banking and business communities.

Details of M Ghaziul Haque's birth, family background and education have not been widely reported. He was 92 at his death in October 2026, which places his birth in the early 1930s.

He began his professional career with Bird and Co Ltd, a British company with long roots in the trade and shipping business of the region.

Haque rose through Bird and Co and became managing director in 1976, the year the company was transformed into Birds Bangladesh Limited. He later led MGH Group as its chairman. The group became a Singapore headquartered multinational with operations in more than 23 countries and interests in integrated supply chain management, total cargo management for low cost carriers, global distribution systems for airlines, cross border freight trains, satellite fulfilment centres, FM radio, tea and rubber plantations, food and beverage, and commercial banking.

He was also closely tied to Eastern Bank, which began operating in 1992 after the restructuring of the Bangladesh operations of the former Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He joined its board in 1993 as a founding director and served two terms as chairman, the first from 2000 to 2006 and the second ending in 2018. Reports differ slightly on when the second term began, giving 2012 or 2013. The bank said he made important contributions to its growth, institutional development and corporate governance.

Haque was married to Sultana Haque. They had a son, Anis Ahmed, who became chairman of Eastern Bank, and a daughter, Anila Haque.

Haque belonged to the generation of executives who carried the management of British era trading firms into independent Bangladesh and then built new regional businesses. He is remembered for helping to steer Eastern Bank through more than three decades of growth, for his two terms as its chairman, and for building MGH Group into a business with operations across more than 23 countries.