The government today appointed Rumee A Hossain as chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and reconstituted its board with inclusion of senior officials and private sector representatives.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism issued a notification in this regard on Saturday.

Rumee A Hossain, sponsor director and chairman of the Board Executive Committee of Bank Asia, was made chairman of the national flag carrier.

The reconstituted board also includes Finance Division Secretary Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mazumder, Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Fahmida Akhter, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Javed Tanveer Khan and Engineer-in-Chief of Bangladesh Army Major General Md Hasan Uz Zaman.

Other directors are BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed Asim, Policy Exchange Bangladesh Chairman and CEO M Masrur Reaz, United Commercial Bank Chairman Sharif Zahir, DBL Group Vice Chairman Mohammad Abdur Rahim, ICMAB Additional Managing Director Md Mamunur Rashid, Barrister Khairul Alam Chowdhury, Dhaka University Marketing Department Professor Abu Naser Ahmed Ishtiaque and Biman Managing Director and CEO Kaiser Sohel Ahmed as ex-officio member.

The chairman’s post had remained vacant for a long period following the resignation of former chairman Sheikh Bashir Uddin.