UNB, Dhaka

Bangladesh Bank has appointed its executive directors Md Zakir Hossain Chowdhury and Md Kabir Ahmed as the deputy governors on a contractual basis for three years from the date of joining.

The Financial Institutions Division of the Finance Ministry issued a notification to this end on Sunday.

The order was issued in the public interest, reads the notification.

Earlier, two deputy governors of the central bank -Kazi Saidur Rahman and Khurshid Alam-stepped down following the fall of Hasina government in a  mass uprising on 5 August.