Bank Asia re-elects chairman

A Rouf Chowdhury has been re-elected as the chairman of Bank Asia.

The election took place at a board meeting of the bank on Monday, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

Chowdhury, the main promoter of Bank Asia, is also the chairman of Rangs Group and Sea Resources Group. He is also a director of The Daily Star, an English daily of the country.

He was the president of Bangladesh Basket Ball Association for four years. He has also been a member of the executive committee for Kurmitola Golf Club for over 20 years.

Chowdhury is a graduate in business management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.