Nepal, Oct. 9 -- The country lost M Ghaziul Haque, chairman of MGH Group, founding director as well as chairman of Eastern Bank (EBL), and shipping pioneer, when he breathed his last in the small hours of Monday (Oct. 5) at the capital's Evercare Hospital. He was 92, according to a handout from EBL.

That same handout said his namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Central (Azad) Mosque after Maghrib prayers, after which he was laid to rest at Banani Koborstan.

Ghaziul was hugely respected within the business community, perhaps for his unusually successful track record. Almost everything he touched turned to gold. MGH Group, domiciled in Singapore, grew into a multinational conglomerate with operations in more than 23 countries, but it came ...