Mr. H.N.M Shafiqur Rahman is one of the leading business men in Bangladesh and he has been contributing enormously to the growth of our national economy. He comes of a respectable Muslim family on February 1, 1967 of a village Dhonijakra, Choddagram under Comilla district. His parent names are Late Alhaj Sabit Ali and Late Hafeja Khatun. Mr. Shafiqur Rahman did his B.A Honors and M.A from University of Dhaka. After completion of his academic education he initiated his career as a business man and since then he did not have to look back. He has now turned in to a very well known person in the trade and commerce arena. At present Mr. Shafiqur Rahman has been carrying out his responsibilities as the Managing Director of ICL Group Limited. The other sister concerns of this group are as follow: ICL Real Estate & Developers Ltd., Ideal Co-Operative Society Ltd., ICL CNG Filling Station Ltd., ICL Salt Industries Ltd., ICL Welfare Foundation, Habib Aviation Services Ltd., Ideal Education Developments Ltd., Ideal Health Services Ltd., The USA-Bangladesh (PTE) Ltd., Riyadh International (PTE) Ltd., and ICL Agro Food & Milk Products Ltd. Beside these he is also a Sponsor Director of Diganta Media Corporation Ltd. Which is consists of the Daily Naya Diganta, Diganta Television, Diganta Paper Mills and Daily Asia Post.

H.N.M Shafiqur Rahman is also involved in various socio-cultural organizations. He is the Chairman of Dhonijakra Hafeza Khatun Memorial High School, Chief Editor & Publisher of a national weekly ‘Renaissance’. He is the Secretary General of Dhaka Central Multipurpose Co-Operative Federation Ltd., Bangladesh Co-Operative Federation and Chairman Renaissance Foundation and Hafeza Khatun Memorial Trust. Now he is also carrying out his responsibilities as Vice-president of a socio-cultural organization ‘Swadhinata Forum’.

Alongside his business activities Mr. H.N.M Shafiqur Rahman is also involved in politics. Very recently this renowned industrialist joined with the polities of Jatiya Party and took over charge as the Organizational Secretary of it. About involvement in politics this renowned personality of our trade, commerce and political arena said, “I got involved in politics in my student life and regarding this Mr. Kazi Jafar Ahmed, the Former Prime Minister and also a glorious son of the soil of Choddagram inspired me severely.” Mr. Shafiqur Rahman carried out his responsibilities as Organizational Secretary and General Secretary of Biplabi Chattra Union, a student wing of the then United Peoples Party. When he was a student of Dhaka University he used to go to his own locality Choddagram with a view to observe the situation of the people. Although he is new in the politics of Jatiya Party but in the politics of Choddagram and Comilla he is not a new one. He had an opportunity to serve the people of his locality through ICL for the last ten years and till now he has been rendering social services to the people of Choddagram.

As Mr. H.N.M Shafiqur Rhaman has contributed significantly to the growth of our national economy and also for his outstanding contribution as a social worker he has been venerated many times and received many crests from different socio-cultural organizations. Mr. Shafiqur Rahman also travelled many countries for business and personal purposes so far.