Govt appoints chairman, MD for Sammilito Islami Bank

The government has appointed Quazi Shairul Hassan as chairman of the board of directors of the merging Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, and Abedur Rahman Sikder as managing director and chief executive officer.

Hassan, who has been serving as a director of Bangladesh Development Bank, and Sikder, the deputy managing director of Dutch-Bangla Bank, have been appointed on a contractual basis.

Both appointments are for a tenure of three years from their respective joining dates, according to two separate notifications issued by the Financial Institutions Division today.

Hassan’s appointment is subject to obtaining a no-objection certificate from the Bangladesh Bank.

The appointments come after Nabil Mustafizur Rahman, additional managing director of United Commercial Bank PLC, declined the managing director’s post just two days after the interim government had approved his appointment on February 17 this year.