Md Tajul Islam and Md Zikrul Hoque have recently been promoted as deputy managing directors of Janata Bank.

Islam was a general manager of the bank prior to the promotion, the state-run bank said in a statement yesterday.

He joined the bank as a senior officer in 1988.

Islam obtained honours and master's degrees in public administration from the University of Chittagong.

Hoque, who also served Janata Bank as a general manager before the promotion, joined the bank as a senior officer in 1986, according to the statement.

He obtained a BSc degree in agricultural engineering from Bangladesh Agricultural University and an MBA from a private university.