Abu Taher

Life & Legacy

AKM Abu Taher (c. 1932 – 23 September 2004) was an industrialist and politician in Bangladesh. Taher was a founding member, sponsor director, and chairman of the first private bank in Bangladesh fully owned by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, National Bank Ltd, as well as a founding director of Al Arafah Bank Ltd. He was also a chairman and managing director of Beco Group of Industries, Purbachal Drillers Ltd, and founder director of Pragati Insurance Ltd and Pragati Life Insurance Ltd. He was also a social worker and philanthropist.
Taher served in the Jatiya Sangsad, the national parliament of Bangladesh, as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member representing the Comilla-7 (Barura) constituency from 2001 until his death in office.