Air Vice Marshal Md. Mustafa Mahmud Siddique has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), replacing Air Vice Marshal Md. Manzur Kabir Bhuiyan. The appointment was confirmed through a notification signed by the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration on July 2. The previous chairman’s withdrawal was announced earlier on June 26, though no reason was provided for his removal. Mustafa Mahmud will now oversee civil aviation operations under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.