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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
ASA is transitioning toward self-sustaining social business models to prepare for the decline in foreign grants following Bangladesh's LDC graduation.
ASA initiated a recruitment drive for a Database Administrator position.
Dirk Brouwer stepped down from the Board of ASA International to become Founder and Chair Emeritus.
Deadline passed for job circulars including Education Officers and Junior Loan Officers.
ASA published a new job circular on its official website.
ASA Bangladesh, the domestic NGO-MFI founded 1978 by Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury, distinct from the listed holding company ASA International (incorporated 2007, Mauritius). MRA-licensed (registered with MRA after the 2006/2007 microfinance legislation). HQ in Dhaka. Operational figures vary widely across sources and dates (e.g. ~6.8M clients / 3,073 branches / 24,000 staff cited for 2021; ~5.3M members elsewhere), with no single current dated official figure confirmed, so member, branch, staff and loan-portfolio fields left null. Current chief executive not confirmed to a single reliable source (founder Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury vs. Md. Ariful Haque Choudhury cited as president), so left null.
Source: 4 primary source linksAs of 2026-07-05