Abul Barakat and Jamaluddin Ahmed have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), for 2018-19.

Md Mostafizur Rahman Sarder has been reelected as treasurer, the association yesterday said in a statement.

The election took place at the Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh in the capital during the association's 20th biennial conference that concluded on Saturday.

Barakat is a professor at the department of economics at the University of Dhaka. He is a former chairman of Janata Bank.

Ahmed is a chartered accountant and has been a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh since 1990.

Ahmed is also a director of Bangladesh Bank.