During his time at the World Bank , Islam would return to Dhaka every six months to visit Sheikh Mujib . During the last of these visits , on July 7 , 1975 , Sheikh Mujib was trying to form his single political party BAKSAL as part of his campaign for one-party rule . He asked Islam to join , but Islam refused because he was a civil servant at heart , and thus had to remain apolitical . Mujib wanted Islam to return to Dhaka to help bolster what he knew was a tenuous position , but Islam refused on account of not wanting to disrupt his daughters ' education in the US . Mujib offered to sign indefinite orders to keep Islam in the US , but Islam said he would return in a year . Eight days later , Sheikh Mujib was assassinated Islam finished his tenure with the World Bank in July 1977 , and subsequently returned to the Government of Bangladesh as Secretary of Industry
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Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Mohammed Matiul Islam