Dhaka, June 8 -- The government has appointed Quazi Shairul Hassan as chairman of the Sammilito Islami Bank PLC, and Abedur Rahman Sikder as its managing director.

The Financial Institutions Division of the finance ministry announced the appointments in two separate letters on Monday.

Shairul is a former managing director at SABINCO, a joint venture industrial finance and investment company owned by the governments of Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh.

Abedur was the deputy managing director and chief operating officer at the Dutch-Bangla Bank.

An official from the Financial Institutions Division told bdnews24.com, "They will need no objection from Bangladesh Bank before they join the new workplace."

Sammilito Islami Bank was established b...