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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025
Union Bank gets new 5-member board with Fariduddin Ahmed as chairman

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27 August, 2024, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 27 August, 2024, 09:07 pm

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Union Bank gets new 5-member board with Fariduddin Ahmed as chairman

All of the members have been appointed as independent directors with Farid Uddin also getting the responsibility of the chairman,  according to a central bank circular issued today.

TBS Report
27 August, 2024, 09:00 pm
Last modified: 27 August, 2024, 09:07 pm
Fariduddin Ahmed. Photo: Collected
Fariduddin Ahmed. Photo: Collected

The Bangladesh Bank today (27 August) formed a new five-member board of directors to operate the Union Bank with former Islami Bank managing director Fariduddin Ahmed as chairman.

The other members of the board are: Bangladesh Bank's former executive director Humayun Kabir; former RAKUB deputy managing director Saiful Islam; Dhaka University's Department of Banking and Insurance Professor Shahidul Islam Jahid; and Chartered accountant Sheikh Jahidul Islam. 

All of the members have been appointed as independent directors with Fariduddin also getting the responsibility of the chairman, according to a central bank circular issued today.

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