Zaid Bakht reappointed Agrani Bank chairman

Economist Zaid Bakht has recently been reappointed chairman of state-owned Agrani Bank.

Financial Institutions Division issued a letter in this regard on December 7, according to a statement.

This is Bakht's third consecutive term.

He started off a career in research as a staff economist with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in 1971 and retired as its research director in 2014.

Bakht obtained a graduate degree in economics from the University of Dhaka. Later, he attained an MSc and PhD in economics from Cornell University.