Three former close associates testified as prosecution witnesses that Bankman-Fried had directed them to use FTX customer funds to plug losses at Alameda Research
The ministry’s Bank and Financial Institutions Division announced his appointment in a circular dated May 22.
It said Chowdhury will hold the post until a chairman is appointed.
After Atiur Rahman stepped down as Bangladesh Bank governor facing pressure after the $81 million cyber heist on the bank’s foreign reserves account, Sonali Bank Chairman Fazle Kabir was made the new central bank governor on Mar 16.
Since then, Sonali Bank’s chairman post had been vacant.