Aminul Islam has been re-elected as the BCB president following the board elections on Monday. He will now serve a four-year term, after serving in the same role for the last four months. Faruque Ahmed , the former president who Aminul had replaced in May, and Shakhawat Hossain, will now be the vice-presidents.

The day-long elections, which included physical votes and e-ballots, was held in a hotel in Dhaka. A total of 23 directors were elected while two government representatives were later announced in the 25-member body. The election commission informed that 115 votes were cast out of the 156 eligible voters.

The election process is two-fold. The voters, called councillors, elect 23 board directors in three separate categories. Aminul was one of ten directors elected from the first

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