Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury MP has recently been elected chairman of United Commercial Bank. The election took place in a meeting of the bank yesterday.

Chairman of parliamentary standing committee on the textile and jute ministry, Chowdhury is one of founder directors of the bank.

He is the chairman of Janata Insurance Company. Former president of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he was also the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry and chairman of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of OIC Member Countries.

Source: The Daily Star/Bangladesh/May 31, 2011