Muslim Chowdhury becomes new chairman of Sonali Bank

Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, former comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh and secretary to the Finance Division, has been appointed as director and chairman of Sonali Bank for the next three years.

The Financial Institutions Division under the finance ministry yesterday issued a circular to this end.

The post had been vacant since former chairman Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui resigned following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5.

Chowdhury obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in commerce from the University of Chittagong.

He also attained a Master of Science in finance and accounting with distinction from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom.